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Providence  for  Great  Britain  and  its  Colonies  in 
America,  which  diffufc  a  general  Jot. 


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Preached  in  the  Old  Church  in  Boston, 

OHoher  9.    1760, 
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The  T  H  A  N  K  S  G  I  V  I  N  G-D  A  Y, 

[  On  Occafion  of 

The  Surrender  of  Montr  E A L,and  thecomplcte 
Conqiieft  oi  CANADA,  by  the  Bleffing  of 
Heaven  on  his  Britannic  Majesty 's  brave 
Troops,  under  the  aufpicious  Condud  of  that 
truly  great  and  amiable  Commander,  General 
AMHERST. 


By  Thomas  Foxcroft,  A.M. 

.  One  of  the  Paflors  of  the  faid  Church. 


\Praip.  ye  ths  "Lo^Ti  for  ths  Averii^lng  of  Jfrael,  when  the  People 
I  'a^'dlhiglj  offered  themfelvcs.—My  Heart  is  towards  the  Governors 
ofJfrncl^  that  offered  themf elves  willingly  among  the  People  :  Blefs  ye 
the  Lord.--  They  that  are  delivered /r^w  theNoife  of  Archers  in 
the  Places  of  drawing  ll'atcr,  iherejhall  they  rehear fe  the  righteoui 
JMsofthe  Lord,  even  the  righteous  ASls  towards  the  Inhabitants 
cf  his  Vtdages  in  IfraeL 

Songof  Deborah  &  Barak. 


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Grateful  Reflexions  on  the  Divine 
Appearances  in  behalf  of  Britain  and  its 
American  Colonies,  particularly  in  the 
Conqueft  of  C  A  N  A  D  A, 

P  S  A  L.  cxyvi,  3. 

The  Lord  bath  done  great  Things  for  us  : 
whereof  we  are  glad. 

©@@@@NE  grand  Defign  of  the  holy  Scriptures  Is 
®@^@®  to  rebuke  ihr  -ommon  Stupidity  of  a  de- 
^  ^  O  ^  @  generate  Wond,  in  not  regarding  the  mighty 
@@-v®@  ^^^  of  Divine  Providence  ;  to  call  GOD 
^@@^^  ^^  °"**  Remembrance  ;  and  point  our  At- 
^  w.>^  VV^  tention  to  his  Agency,as  the  primeEfficient, 
the  fovereign  Moderator  of  all  Events,  whether  in  the  na^ 
tural  or  moral  World.^The  Book  of  Pfalms,  in  particu- 
^r  IS  moft  excellently  calculated  to  ferve  this  important 
Ajelign  ;  efpecially  as  Example  carry's  with  it  a  peculiar 
Jorce    the  moft  ftriking  and  attra^ive  to  human  Nature. 

f vL    A    •l''^'^^ ^^""'^^ ^^^°^^s very fingularlyabounds 
With  admirable  Patterns  of  devotional  Exercifes,  Medita- 

!n?r  nT?''.'"iF'''^^  •  ^^^^y  ^here  confefling  and  ador- 

Agent,  the  ongmal  Creator  and  conftant  Prefervcr,  Bene- 
?a«or.    Proprietor,   and  Lord  of  all ;    celebratinq  the 


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Ferfeaions  of  his  Being  and  Government  ;  recounting  the 
Operations  of  his  Hand  ;  and  rendering  to  Him  all  religi- 
ous Honours  and  Acknowledgments;, —  many  of  which  are 
in  the  Strain  of  Thankfgivingand  BlefTing,  —  which  were 
recorded  in  Scripture  for  our  Jnaruaion  and  Imitation. 

In  the  Pfalm  now  before  us  (thought  to  be  pen'd  by 
E::ra,  or  fbme  other  Man  of'Cod,  about  the  Time  of  the 
Jews  Return  from  the  Babylonifli  Captivity)  we  find  the 
Church  of  Ifracl  avouching  the  Agency  of  GOD  in  the 
gloriousTranfaaions  and  happy  Revolutions  of  that  extra- 
ordiiiarv  Day.  They  had  lately  fccn  very  intercfiing  and 
furprizing  Occurrences  in  Favour  of  Zion  ;  which' dicy 
contemplate  with  facred  Plcafurc  and  Wonder.  It  is  a  de- 
votional Admiration  and  Joy  they  exprefs  on  this  mirthful 
Occafion  J  uttering  their  Words  before  the  Lord,  and 
afcribing  to  Him  thcPraife  of  thofe  (ignal  and  profpcrou-? 
Events  they  were  now  rcjoycing  in.  The  Lord  (fay  ilicy) 
hath  done  great  Things  for  us  :  whereof  xvs  are  glad. 

Amidft  the  prefent  Tumult  of  different  and  blending 

Paflions,  betwixt  melancholy  Reflexions  and  plcafant  Prof- 

peas  intermingling  with  one  another,  on  their  fuddcn  e- 

merging  out  of  Servitude  and  Sorrow,  into  Liberty  &  Joy, 

they  feemed  to  themfelves  like  them  that  dream.     Their 

former  Di/lrefi  was  fo  recent  in  every  one'sMemory,  and 

liad  been  fo  long  k  heavy  upon  them,  that  they  flill  feem'd 

to  feel  it,  and  could  hardly  realize  their  aXual  Recovery 

out  of  it.     Their  prefent  Enlargement  was  fo  fudden,was 

attended  v;ith  fuch  v/onderful  CircuraRanccs,  and  promifed 

fuch  glorious  Confequences,  fuperiour  to  their  highefl  and: 

moft  fangulne  Expcaations,   that  they  were  aftoniHi'd  at  ir, 

and  could  karcc  "  believe  it  for  Joy."     As  it  is  llory'd  of 

the  Apoftle  Peter,  when  miraculoufly  delivered  out  of  hig 

Jmprifonment,  '*  He  will:  not  that  it  was  true,  which  was 

done  by  the  Angel  ;     but  thought   he  faw  a  Flfioit''  : 

fo  in  the  prefent  Cafe,  the  People  of  Ge(S,   marvellouily 

refcued  from  the  Opprefllon  of  the  Enemy,  and  redorcd  to 

glorious  Liberty,   fay  of  themfelves,  "  We  were  like  theoi 

that  dream''.     They  were  even  loft  in  a  pleafmg  Confu- 


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fion  and  Amazement,   to  find  their   Mournin?  turned  to 

liicceecling  their  Tears  and  Groans.     Such  a  Revoh,,;  „ 
leem'd  ahiiofl  inci-cdible  to  them.  KevoJiitiou 

The  very  Pagans  round  about  them  were  alarm'd  and 

nf' Tr  T;    ^'P"'f'  '°  °'''"^"<=  ^'"'  Wonders  L  God 
of  Rrael  had  wrought  for  his  Favourite-Nation      '.The' 
fa.d  they  among  th.  Heathen.  TheLoau  ha  hdoneT   a" 
rh>ngs  f  or  them".     Such  uncommon  Events    and  oi"  /I 

tTlftw'i  ^^r^'  ^'^  ^i^="'=  P^vidence  eSe  1    „ 
behalf  of  h,sPeople,  that  they  became  theTonic  of  Conve  ? 
ration  everywhere;  the  flrikinq  News  apace  flew  Za  J 
and  fpread  univerfal  Surprize.     The  Heathen  ihTn  ft  r* 
jvere  not  infenHble  of  a  DiLelntcfpofitSn  b    LS ir    ": 

ttn  ft   t-te  if  ''r""  "r.''  °^  "'^  ^^°-  vvorSng  Sllv 
tion  tor  t„e  Ifi^-iehtes.     How  much  foever  t!>ey  hated  the 

1.7'    "^  r"'"  ^r}"''^-  '"^  ^""'J  "ot  buf  own    to 
Lor  ,  ,he,r  Goo  had  fignally  appeared  on  their  Side    a,id 

wrought  Wonders  for  their  Relief  and  Welfair.-  B^fi  re 

the  7.«,.  themfelves  were  confcious  of  this-  and  whl^ 

iTsi^T  f '8*^'^°""  ■■"="'=  "'^'■^  Provid     t'ia   Wo2  : 
tIeSubjea  of  common  Talk  only,   the  7,-u,s  ,oZ^  n 
Charaaer,  m  a  juft  Correfpondenc^e'  wiA  {  d    ,  Sl'd 
Attachment  to  the  Service  of  the  God  of  Heaven  °nd  in     ' 
Order  properly  to  fignify  their  Gratitude,  as  becTr^;a  Peo" 

and  f  a  Wav  of  I L    r"  ''T^'A""^  Acknowledgments ; 
•"lu  in  a  Way  ot  Addrefs  to  the  God  of  Tfrael      hpv  „r 

ered  the  grateful  Confeilion  in  our  Text    "The  lL^' 

l"th  done  great  Things  for  us :  whereof  we  aregLd-;    ' 

penfationfr/p "'  ■''?"""'"'  °J.  ^^'^  °f  '^^ ft"pendous  Dif- 

Prejudice  and  Snn..a%-     ^    ?  ,    ^'  ^^'^"^    ^^^   J^^^^er   of 

and''  ndlna^^  pT        °u'    "^.'^^^  ^""'^  ^^^T   to  invidious 
r!     ^"^'g"ant  1  afhons,  when  thev  view'd  iheC^  oO...  :n  • 

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they  confiderM  thefe  Wonders  as  wrought,  not  by  any  of 
ihcir  own  gods,  but  by  the  GOD  of  the  yews,  whom,  in 
his  fuper-cminent  CharaOer  of  **  the  only  living  and  true 
God,  the  Holy  One  of  IfraeP*,  they  were  truly  Haters 
of ;  and  when  they  confiderM  the  fame  as  wrought  in  Fa- 
vour of  a  Nation,  whom^  in  their  Charaf^er  of  * 'a  holy 
Nation,  and  the  peculiar  People  of  the  moft  High",  the 
Heathen  rather  maligned  and  dcfpifcd.  However,  while 
others  might  be  vexed  at  thefe  Things,  and  might  envy 
the  Jews,  or  at  beft  only  (land  amazed  at  thefe  great 
Events,  the  obliged  People  themfelves,  confcious  of  their 
being  highly  favoured  of  the  Lord,  took  Pleafure  therein, 
and  devoutly  confefTed  GOD  the  Author  of  them  ;  faying, 
"  The  Lord  haih  done  great  Things  for  us  i  whereof 
we  are  glad^\ 

As  Chearfulnefs  is  ufually  exprefs'd  by  Songs,  and 
Thankfgiving  is  the  proper  Language  of  Joy,  on  the  Re- 
ceipt of  Divine  Benefits,  they  exprefled  the  Gladnefs  of 
their  Hearts  in  an  Addrefs  o^T'hanks^  a  Hymn  oiPraife; 
which  is  handed  down  to  us  in  the  infpired  Records.  It 
is  one  of  the  *'  Songs  of  Zion",  in  which  the  Words  of  our 
Text  occur.  The  People  of  God  had  been  "  fowing  in 
Tears",  but  were  now  "reaping  in  Joy"  :  And  theirpre- 
fcnt  Rejoycing  was  "after  a  godly  fort",  as  we  may  pre- 
fume  their  antecedent  Sorrowing  had  been.  They  "walk- 
ed mournfully  before  the  Lord*',  while  "their  Harps  hung 
on  the  Willows",  untuned  to  "  fing  the  Lord's  Song"  in 
their  fuffer'mg  State.  But  upon  their  Deliverance  they 
"  awaked  up  their  Glory,  and  fang,  and  gave  Praifc". 
They  now  "rejoyced  before  theLord  ,  and  paid  their  grate- 
ful Honours  to  the  God  of  their  Salvation.  "  Then  (fay 
they)  was  ourMouth  filled  mthLaughter,  and  ourTongue 
with  Singing^*,  It  is  a  Dilate  of  Reafon,  as  well  as  a 
Precept  of  Revelation,  '*  Is  any  merry  ?  let  him  fing 
pfalms".  This  is  univerfally  the  Temper  andTendency 
of  devout  Souls.  They  are  difpofed  to  "  fan£lify  the 
Name  of  God''  on  all  Occafions  of  Mirth.  Not  refting 
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rps  hung 
ong"  in 
ce  they 
Praife". 
;ir  grate- 
hen  (fay 
Tongue 
ivell  as  a 
bim  fing 
endency 
Jlify  the 
t  refting 
Children 
of 


I  bf  2^on  have  their  devotional  Singing.  Not  contented 
,  with  entertaining  one  another,  by 'fingirtg  Ballads  or  rc- 
I  hcarfing  Poems  among  thcmfclves,  on  the  joyful  Themes 
inView,  they  addrefs  Heaven  with  facred  "Pfalms,Hymns, 
nnd  fpiritual  Songs,  finging  and  making  Melody  in  their 
Hearts  to  thcLoRD",inProportion  as  they  are  *'  filled  with 
|ihc  Spirit."  So  Mary  m,  "My  Soul  doth  magnify  the 
I  Lord, and  my  Spirit  hath  rejoyced  in  God  my  Saviour."— 
I  And  furely,  it  mufl  be  granted,  this  is  our  reafonable'Scr- 
%  vice.  "  For  it  is  good,  to  ling Prnif^s  unto  ourGod :  fbr  ic 
%  is  plcafant,  and  Praife  is  comely". 
4 

i      Verily  *^  every  T>ay  nVc  fhould  blefs  the  Lord.*'   and 
J  "  rejoice  in  every  gcod  Thirg  which  the  Lord  our  God  be- 
I  ftoweth  on  m\     But  when  he  doeth  greatThings  fbr  us, 
5  as  thefe  furnifll  us  with  Matter  of  exceeding  Joy,   fo  they 
)fhould  proportionably  warmourHearts,  and  fill  ourMouths 
with  Praife  ;  introducing   the   livelieft  Accents      id  moft 
chearful  Notes  into  our  Songs  of  Joy,   while   extolling 
Him  who  is  great  and  greatly  to  be  praifed.     When  God 
exaltcthtne  Horn  of  his  People,  when  he  beautify's  them 
Jwifh  Salvation,  cro^vns   them  with  Loving-kindnefs.  and 
|marvelloufly  operates  in  his  Providence  for  their  Safety- 
land  Welfair,  he  then  expels  they  be  abundantly  joyful  in 
^Glory,  and  fing  aloud  the  high  Praifo  of  their  Divine  Be- 
inefaaor.     On  fuch  Occafions,   very  eminently,  the  Call 
sfromHeavcn  is  in  ihofe  emphatlcal  Strains-^*  Praife  ye  the 
Xord.     Sing  unto  the  Lord  a  new  Song,  and  his  Praife  in 
|the  Congregation  of  Saims.     Let  10^1  rejoycc  in  Him 
|that  made  him  :  let  theChildren  of  Zion  be  joyful  in  their 
|King.--  «  Praife  him  for  his  mighty  Aas  :    prai(c  him 
iaccording  to  his  excellent  Greatnefs.  --  *'  Declare  his  Do- 
iings  atnong  the  People  ;   make  mention  that  his  Name  is 
%jalted.     Sing  unto  the  Lord  ;  for  he  hath  done  excellent 
"Things:  be  it   known  in   all  the  Earth.     Shout,  thou 
inhabitant  of  Zion ;  for  great  is  the  Holy  One  of  Ifrael 
m  themidft  of  thee.—  -  O  clap  Hands,   all   ye  People  : 
Jhout  unto  God  with  the  Voice  of  Triumph.     S\m  Praifes 
;to  God   fing  Praifes.     For  God  is  King  of  all  the  Earth  : 
fmg  ye  Praifes  with  Underffanding.     the  Shields  of  l\v^ 


3 


Ea 


arf:i 


'•I 


A  Thankjg  hi ng' Sermon f 

Earth  belrni/  unto  God  :  He  is  greatly  exalted.  — "  Sm 
yc  to  the  Lord  ;  for  he  hach  triumphed  glorioufly — "A{* 
cribe  yc  Grcatnefs  unto  God. — '*  O  fing  unto  the  Lord  a 
new  Song  :  for  he  haih  done  marvclJous'Things  ;  his  right 

Hand,  and  his  holy  Arm  hath  gotten  him  the  Victory. 

''Sing  unto  the  Lord  with  the  Voice  of  a  Ffalm  :  make 
ii  joyful  Noife  before  the  Lord,  the  King.--  "  Let  Mount 
Zion  rejoyce;  let  theDaughters  of  Judali  be  glad,  becaufe 
of  his  Judgments. —  •*  O  give  Thanks  to  Him  who  alone 
doeth  great  Wonders.  O  give  Thanks  unto  the  God  of 
Heaven.  —  "  Sing  unto  the  Lord  with  Thankfgiving. 
Praife  the  Lord,  OJerufalem  :  praife  thyGod,0  Zion."-^ 
In  this  pathetic  Language,  and  with  much  Re-iteration., 
the  Scriptures  urge  the  Duty  of  Praife,  joyful  Praife,  and 
fervent  Thankfgiving,  to  Him  whofe  Name  alone  is  ex- 
cellent, and  whs  doeth  excellent  Things,  great  and  mar- 
vellous Things,  without  Number. 

In  Conformity  to  thefe  Divine  Injitn^lions,  that  is  the 
Saint's  Difpofitionand  Refolution,  and  his  Heart's  Defire, 
in  the  Language  of  ..he  holy  Pfa'lmifl —  '*  Thou,  Lord, 
hall:  made  me  glad  through  thy  Work  :  I  uill  triumph  in 
the  Works  of  thy  Hands.  O  Lord,  how  great  are  thy 
Works  ! — '*  I  will  extol  thee,  my  God,  O  King  ;  and  I 
will  blcfs  thy  Name  for  ever  and  ever.  I  will  fpeak  of 
the  glorious  Honour  of  thy  Majefty,  and  of  thy  wondrous 
Works.  My  Mouth  fhall  /l^eik  the  Praife  of  the  Lord  : 
and  let  all  Flefh  blefs  hii  holy  Name  for  ever  and  ever." — 

Not  fatisf/d  with  his  own  perfonal  Thankfgivings  and 
Praifes,  or  with  thofe  of  the  happy  />w/,like-niinded  with 
himfelf.  the  good  Man  (with  the  Spirit  of  the  Royal  Pfal- 
mift)  wifhes,  that  "all  the  Earth"  may  ling  unt«>  the 
Lord  ;  that  ''all  the  Kindreds  of  the  People''  may  give 
unto  the  Lord  the  Glory  due  to  his  Name  ;  that 
"  the  People"  may  praife  him,  that  "  all  the  People"  may 
praife  him  ;  that  "every  one  that  bath  Breath"  may  praife 
ihc  Name  of  the  Lord. — 

Not  only  does  he  ftir  up  his  own  Soul,  and  all  that  is 
within  him,  to  blefs  the  Lord  ;  but  confcious  of  his  Ine- 
t].ualify  to  the  heavenly  Budnefs,   he  calls  in  Help,  and   . 

wouW ; 


Prii 


ccl.  — "  Sing 
mfly— "AA 

0  the  Lord  a 
igs  ;  his  right 
e  Victory. — 
aim  :  make 
'  Let  Mount 
rlad,  becaufe 
11  who  alone 

the  God  of 
hankfgiving. 
,0  Zion."— 
'le-iteration., 
i  Praife,  and 
alone  is  ex- 
at  and  mar- 

ihat  is  the 
irt's  Defire, 
'hou,  Lord, 

triumph  in 
sat  are  thy 
Jng  ;  and  I 
ill  fpeak  of 
y  wondrous 
■  the  Lord  : 
nd  ever." — 

givings  and 
ninded  with 
Royal  Pfal- 
^  unt€>  the 
may  give 
me  ;  that 
eople''  may 
may  praife 

1  ail  that  is 
:)f  his  Lie- 
Help,  and 

wouU 


4. 


would  fain  affociate  others  with  himfelf  herein.  He  would 
have  all  unite  their  Praifcs  with  his,  to  honoui*  God  more 

I  fuitably  to  his  Grearnefs,  and  to  the  Worthinels  of  the  Oc- 

tcafion,  on  receiving  of  great  and  common  Salvations,  great 
and  general  Benefits.  The  Man  who  is  animated  with  ihe 
Pfalmilts  excellent  Spirit,  is  ready  to  refound  and  echo 
to  thofe  his  pious  and  affeflionate  Exhortations — ''O  mag- 

(nify  the  Lord  with  me,  and  let  us  exalt  his  Name  toge- 
ther.—"O  come,  let  us  fing  unto  the  Lord  :  let  us  make 
a  joyful  Noife  to  the  Rock  of  our  Salvation.     Let  us  come 

.before  his  Prefence  with  Thankfgiving  and  make  a  joyful 
Noife  unto  Him  with  Pfalms.  For  the  Lord  is  a  great 
God,  and  a  great  King  above  all  goc's. — "Blefs  the  Lord, 
O  houie  of  Ifrael ;  blefs  the  Lord,  O  houfe  of  , Aaron  : 
blefs  the  Lord,  O  houfe  of  Levi  :  ye  that  fear  the  Lord, 
blefs  the  Lord. —  "  Kings  of  the  Earth,  and  all  People ; 
Princes,  and  all  Judges  of  the  Earth  ;  both  young  Men 
and  Maidens,  old  Men,  and  Children  ;  let  ihem  praife  the 
Name  of  theLord."~This  now,I  think,muft  be  theVoice 
of  every  pious  Obferver  of  theTimes,  and  Lover  of  Zion, 
concurrent  with  the  Voice  of  God  in  his  Word  and  Pro- 
vidence, rerj:)c«Sting  our  Nation  and  Land  at  this  Day.  For, 
with  the  flricleft  Propriety  and  upon  the  jufteft  Grounds, 
we  may  adopt  the  Language  of  oar  Text  (and  may  we 
all,  by  a  fpccial  Lifluence  from  the  Spirit  of  thrift,  unite 
in  an  Acknowledgement  fo  appofite  to  our  Cafe,  with  the 
like  Fervor  of  Devotion,  Gratitude  and  holy  Triumph,  as 
did  the  Church  that  firft  made  this  exulting  Speech  I)  Thif 
Lord  bat/j  done  great  Things  for  us  :    whereof  it'd^  are 

Confonant  to  this  is  the  Language  of  the  Procl  \ma- 
TiON  f  appointing  the  prcfent  Solemnity  :  anditmay  not 
be  amifs  now  to  rcfrefli  your  Memories  by  the  Recital  of 
its  principal  Part  ;  efpeciaDy  as  1  propofe  it  for  the  Model 
of  my  following  Difcourfe.  j]  "  G  r e  .a t 


f  By  His    iLxcelkncy    Francis  Bernard  Efq.    Governor 

\ji  -iijv-  aivTiuvc  ui  iiic  A-iujjUii.ujei'.i- iJiiy, — 
I  N.  B.  As  I  had  preached  from  the  Text,  on  a  preceding  Lord'sDay, 
a  Sermon  adjuftod  to  the  ufual  Form,  the  prefent  Dilcourfe  is  to  b2 
confider'd  as  a  Supplement  to  thar,  and  an  AppUcaiion  of  it,  upo  i 

the 


<< 
(I 
II 


'I 

«  t 
(I 


e 


f9.^l^  "^  ^"'^  manifold  have  been  the  Mercies 
ot  GOD  towards  us :  He  hath  given  Viaory 
to  the  King,  and  caufed  his  Enemies  to  flee 
before  him  ;  and  hath  at  length  compleatcdthc 

"  Srf  ^"f  ^°!  !vr'!,^°"'"'^^'  by  the  entire  Re- 
•'  tS   ?  "^p^^^.^^ :  whereby  the  future 
•<  p^""fy  °f  o""-  rehgious  and  civil  Privileges  is 
under  God]  putijtoourown  Hands :  Where- 
lore,  that  all  the  People  of  this  Province  may 
at  one  Tmc  and  with  one  Voice  exprcfs  their 
Thankfulnds  on  this  glorious  Occafion",  the 
I^iefent  Day  is  «  appointed  to  be  a  Day  of  pub- 

."  ProvhKc.'?!!"  "^"^^^^^'V'^'P  within  this 

rp.^^'-^'f  "f'y  ";f,"^  alTcmbled  this  Momini;  jointly  ",o 
retornThanks  toAlmightyGOD,"  i„  general  fo  .'hiJgre.t 
1,^  hT:"  f  ^;,T'«/°^='fds  us",  and  in  particular  "  fo 
h^  hav,ng  fo  v.fibly  fupported  us  in  .his  juft  and  neceffiry 
War  ;  and  at  the  ftmeTime,  to  accompany  ourPraifes  with 

mo  therlnl    "  "^'^  Majesty's  Counfels  and  Arms 
unto  theEftabhlhment  of  a  firm  and  honorable  Peace.''— 

In  the  firft  place,  you  fee,  otjr  public  and  thankful  /"c- 
Wledgments  are  demanded  for  '"  the,^..<,,  and  nanl 
it^Cl^^ni^f  !°wards  us."ingene;k-And  furely, 
favours  of  Providence  towards  us  (I  mean  the  People  of 
^  Great 

u^^n'iVl  '^^  Pro^^Jamarion.~Nor  was  it  ti]I  after  I  had  refisn'd  it 
up  to  the  Importunity  0/  feme  of  my  Friends,  for  the  Pre^    that 
recolleaed.  the  fame  Text  is  the  SJbjea  of  feverll  excel L    sU 
jnons,  two  of  the  Minifters  of   the  Toin  had  gTven   heTubhc    the 


orefs  \t  ti,WK  ," "t^" '"  \  "'"'  ?"*  '*  ^^^  ®^  ^y  **owcr  to  fun- 


on 


f/To/^K. 


the  Mercies 
en  Vidory 
lies  to  flee 
pleated  the 
entire  Re- 
the  future 
rivileges  is 
s :  Where- 
vince  may 
:prcrs  their 
fion",  the 
y  of  pub- 
i^'ithin  this 


jointly  ''to 
)r  <*his  great 
ticiilar  *'  for 
nd  necedary 
Praifes  with 
fr'ould  conti- 
s  and  Arms 
Peace.'-— 

lankful  Ac- 
and  ?nam- 
\nd  furely, 
e  merciful 
;  People  of 
Great: 

dd  refjgn'd  it 
Prefs,  that  I 
xceilent  Ser- 
;  Public,  the 
nfefs,  might 
iikeJv  would 
lad  call'd  to 
'ower  to  fup- 
:tatheGea»  ' 


Great  Britain,  and  of  thefc  its  dependent  Colonies)  have 
been  both  great  and  manifold  ;    and  if  view*d  in  a  proper 
J.ight,   muft  be  own'd  the  worthy  Subjc<5l  of  our  devout 
IVleditation,  and  juft  Matter  of  our  joyful  and  folemi) 
Thankfgivingto  God;    whofe  Prcfence  and  Blefling  are 
the  original  Sources  of  all  true  Profperity  and  Happinefs. 
If  we  iliould  compare  Britain  and  its  Colonies  with  oiher 
Kingdoms  or  States  and  Provinces ;  If  we  fhould  particu- 
larly recollea  the  great  'Deliverances  (great  in  their  Na- 
ture, Circumftances,  or   Confequences)  which    God  ha? 
wrought  for  us  in  Times  of  Dillrefs  ;     the  great  Prefer- 
vations  he  has  granted  us  in  Tinges  of  Dancer  ;    and  thq 
great   pofitive  Bhfflngs,  Liberties,  Privileges',  and  Advari- 
lagcs,  SuccefTcs,  Increafes,  Improvements,  Extent  of  Dot 
minion    and    Commerce,  Superiority  in    War,     inteflinc 
Tranquillity,  Health,  Wealth,  Plenty,  a  well- balla need 
Conftitution  of   civil  Government,  falutary  Laws,  and  in- 
liumerable  other  Inftances  of  national  Glory  and  Blifs,  by 
which  God  has  fignaliz'd  his  Goodnefs   and  Bounty  'to- 
wards us  ;  it  would,on  the  whole,  be  abundantly  manifeft, 
that  the  Lord  hath  dene  great  Things  for  us  :   ani  in- 
_dced,   hath  not  dealt  fo  with  any  Nation  befides   on  t}ic 
Jace  of  the  Earth.     Britain,  and   in  fomc  Mcafure  the 
Bnti/I;  Plantations  [oo,    at  this  Day,  are  very  much  the 
Wonder  and  Envy  of  all  the  World,  acquainted  with  their 
Situation,  Circumftances,  and  Affairs.-— But  it  would  carry 
me  beyond  my  prefenf  Purpofe,    and  oblige  me   vallly  to 
exceed  the  fcant  Limits  of  Time  allow'd   the  Pulpit  on 
thefe  Occafions,  Ihould  I  go  into  any  diftinft  Illuftrations 
of  the  comprchcnfive  Articles  hinted  at.    I  muft  therefore 
leave  them  for  theEntertainment  of  your  privateThoughts  : 
and  I  am  perfwaded,  if  you  have  any  fuitable  Conceptions 
upon  thefe  Heads,    you  will  readily  join  with  me  in  ac- 
Icnowledging,  The  Lord  hath  done  great  Things  for  us; 
whereof  we  have  Reafon  to  hcg/ad. 

What  1  have  chiefly  in  View  at  prefcnt,  is  a  brief  Re^ 
cognition  of  fome  remarkable  Events,  that  have  been 
plamly  owino;  to  the  kind  Interpolltion  of  a  Divine  Hand, 
i^  owr  S^Qiy  and  Welfair ;  which  alone  may  fufficiently 

evidence 


'i 


UJ, 


i' 


evidence  the  Lord's  having  done  great  Thw(rs  for 
and  which  loudly  befpcak  a  thankful  Commemoration. 

Certainly  GreatBritain  is  that  hapnylfland  where 
many  the  rtioft  notable  Tranfaftions  of  a  favourable  Pro 
vidence  have  been  fcen,   both  in  former  and  later  Ages. 
JTo  go  but  a  little  further  back  than  one  or  two  of  the  laft 
Centuries  ~-  Among  the  memorable  Events  in  Favour  of 
our  Engltjh  and  Scottifi  Nations,  nowfo  happily  conneft- 
ed  m  one  Kingdom,  and  among  the  lafting  Glories  of  iffr/. 
tain    we  may  very  juftly  fet  an  Afterifm  on  that  capital 
and  leading  Inftance,  the  Reformation.     Which  was 
th^  Kingdom  s  Deliverance  from  theTyranny  of  theBiihop 
of  Rome,   and  his  deteftable  Enormities  ;  the  Church's 
Purification  from  Abundance  of  vile  Errors,  Idolatries  and 
Superftitions ;  the  rcftoringof  the  Holy  Bii  le  to  common 
Ufe  ;  the  fpreading  of  Chriftian  Knowledge,  and  the  ob- 
taming  of  a  more  fcripturalWorfliip  than  Britain  for  Ages 
before  had  ever  feen  •    and  in  Confequence  of  a  Divine 
tJleffing  on  Divine  Inflitutions,  the  Recovery  of  Muki- 
tudes  of  Souls  from  Darknefs  to  Light,  from  Bondage  to 
Liberty,  and  from  Death  to  Life,  in  a  moral  and  fpifitual 
fecnfe.     A  Work  this,  which  muft  needs  appear  truly  fur. 
prizing,  if  we  review  it  in  its  Rife  and  Beginning  :   if  we 

'TirVn"'  ^;°^''^'j   '^  ^'  ""^"^  ^°  '^^  Confequences 
andEffefts;  ifwerefleft,   how  it  has  been  guarded   and 

watched  over  by  a  fpccial  Providence,   and   carry'd  Me 
thro  many  a  dangerous  Crifis ;  how  it  has  been  fupported 
againft  the  moft  powerful  Efforts  of  the  combined  Forces 
of  Earth  and  Hell  in  Oppofition  to  it;  how  it  has  been  re. 
vived,  when  fometimes  fallen  into  Decay  and  Languifh- 
ment ;  and  even  when  threatncd  with  utter  Ruin,  hafbeen 
renewed  and   re-eftablifhed,  if  not  further  advanced,  by 
feme  happy   and   feafonable,    but  unexpefted  Turn  of 
Affairs,  ,n  which  have  appeared  very  plain  Signatures  of 
a  Divine  Intcrpofition.     And  th6  the  Reformation,  fo  Ibc 
cefsfully  begun,  and  fo  long  fubfifting,    has  never  been 
profecuted  to  fuch  a  Degree  of  Perfei^inn.  .,  m  U,v.  .^ 
Koom  for;  future  Improvements  and  Refinements,  accord^ 
mg  to  Scripture-Rule  j  yet  was  it,  even  from  its  firftCom- 

jncncement 


<'/ 


I 


'ngs  form, 
loration. 

fland,whcre 
urable  Pro- 
later  Ages. 
Bof  thelaft: 

Favour  of 
Jy  conneft- 
ies  of  iffr/- 
hat  capital 
Which  was 
'theBifliop 
!  Church's 
)Iatries  and 
to  common 
id  the  ob- 
n  for  Ages 

a  Divine 
of  Mulri- 
londage  to 
id  rpiriiual 
truly  fur- 
ig  ;   if  we 
ifequences 
irded   and 
rry'd  fafe 
fup  ported 
ed  Forces 
s  been  re- 
Languifli- 
,  has  been 
aneed,  by 
Turn  of 
latures  of 
n,  fo  luc- 
ver  been 

!,  accord- 
firftCom- 
:ncement 


on 


the  Lonquejt  oj  l;  A^^^W 


^■.!- 


mencement  and  in  its  loweft  State,fuch  aWonder  of  Mercy 
to  Britain,  as  deferves  to  be  had  in  evcrlafting  Remem- 
brance, and  juftly  claims  a  very  thankful  Mention  when- 
ever we  are  thus  in  the  folemn  AfTembly  commemorating 
the  great  and  manifold  Mercies  of  God  towards  us. 

:;       The  fhort  Reign  of  that  illuftrious  young  Prince  (our 
'  ^^\^Jofiah)  King  Edward  the  fixth,  who  flood  at  the 
Head  of  the  Reformation  in  England,  truly  meriting  his 
f  hereditary  Title  "  the  Defender  of  the  Faith",  and  ap- 
>   proving  himfelf  the  Patron  of  pure  Religion,  as  well  as  a 
confpicuous  Example  of  Royal  Virtue  and  early   Piety 
/  his  lliorr  Reign,  1  Jky,   if  we  had  Lcafire  to  take  a  parti! 
cular  View  of  it,  would  prefent  us  with  fome  of  the  moft 
\  admirable  Scenes  of   Providence,    and   entertain  us   with 
a  pieafing Variety  of  greatThingsdone  for  ih^BriUjh  Ifrael 
cfpecially  in  the  Condudl  and  Succefs  of  that  glorious  En- 
tcrprize,  the  Reformation,  then  fo  happily  in  Purfuit. 

And  when,  upon  the  Demife  of  that   incomparable 
Royal  Reformer,  a  Pc//>  2;/^^w,  the  infamous  Mary 
fucceeded  to  the  Crown,  who  fet  her  felf  to  ruin  the  Pro' 
teftant  Intcreft,  and  foon  prevailed  to  reduce  Things  into 
the  old  Channel  of  Corruption  ;  reviving  the  Herefies  and 
Idolatries,  that  had  been  exploded  and  purged  away  pro* 
ftituting  Majefty  by  an  abjcft  Submiffion  to  a  foreign  Yoke 
and  reconciling  her  Court  and  Realm  to  his  offended  Holi- 
ncfs  of  Rome ;  but  kindling  the  Flames  of  Perfecution 
againft  the  Puritan  Reformers,  and   purfuing   with  Ven- 
geance all  fuch  as  were  brave  and  honcft  enough  not  to 
ftrike  in  with  her  impious  and  tyrannous  Meafures ;  which 
drove  greatNumbers  of  her  beftSubjcfts  intoExlle,  impove- 
rifli'd  Multitudes,   ruin'd  many  a  fair  Eftate,  and  facri- 
ficed  many  a  precious  Life  j  ---  O  what  a  merciful  Inter- 
pofitionof  Pro"' ieuce  was  it,  by  the  gw^^/j's  Deceafe  to 
put  a  quick  PeriGu  to  her  bloody  Reign,  and  fo  to  themoft 
Ihocking  Scenes  i^f  Hnrmr  ' 

How  admirable  too  was  the  Kindnefs  of  Heaven  in  re- 
ferving  at  the  fame  time  a  Proteftant  Frincefs^thi^t  iHuftri- 

ous 


Advancement  totheThrone  !  Which  brought  on  a  Lm 
Rcvolunon  >n  Politicks  and  put  n  new  Fac'e  upon  rclig t, 
Mhn;  once  more  broke  olTtheRcalnvfroniicsSubjcaio., 
to  the  Sec  of  Rome  ;  purged  theChurch  from  tliofe  grofTer 
Superftifons  m  WorAip,  it  h.d  relapfcd  into ;  reilorec 
Truth  .nDoflrme  j^called  home  many  fa'mous  LiJhts  of  he 

■  ItrT'rr  T-  '^■■'='g"P?«^.fo  which  they  had  retired  for 
Libertyof  Confcence,  and  for  the  Safety  of  their  Kerfons  ■ 
4nd  mlhort,  gaveafre/h  Revival  to  rhe  Hopes  of  p"ol 
tenants,  at  a  Junaure  when  all  feem'd  to  be  loft.—  Hoiv 

R^p'T^'ZV^'  Goodnefiof  God  in  diftinguifli. 
ing  this  Prote/^ant  Qjteen,  not  only  by  endowing  her  with 
fuper,or  Ab.ht.es  for  Government  and  War,  but  by  givi  g 
herLength  of  Days ;  and  fo.prolonging  her  Reign  (a  Rcicn 
profperous  and  full  of  Glory,  ,ho-  in^  fome  RefpeaTS 
wuhoutits  Clouds)  to  the  firmer  Eftabliflament  of  thePro. 
ttftant  Rdigion  at  Home,  and  its  greater  Security  abroad ! 
ior£nta,n  was  then  the  common  Afylum  of  Protellant 
Refugees  ;  and  truly  the  Bulwark  of  the  Proteflant  Intc 
relt.  _  Jn  fine  here.  How  marvellous  was  the  Divihe  Ap- 

fTZ%^'  ^I'^T-  "]  ""^ '°"'  Diflipation  and  Deflruaion 
of  the  Sfan,^  Armada,  by  a  terrible  Storm ;  when  at- 
temptmg  an  Invafion,  aud  thrcatning  to  carrvall  before  it  > 
i.hat  vaftly  numerous  and  powerful  /7.rt,  which  boafted 
It  felf  wvmaiU  ,ndfecm-^  fupcrior  to  all  Oppofitibn  ; 
which  therefore  had  .t  not  met  with  the  fignal  Blafts  of  i 

Tn't  ;rr1  f^'"}  ^lo^ldence.  might  have  fucceeded 
.n  .t  dreadful  Errand  the  fubduing  The  Queen  and  her 
Realm  to  the  Sfan,/.  Yoke  ;  and  fo,  might  have  been  the 
lanhappyMeansof  a  triumphant  Re-entrance  of  Popery, 
and  a  frelh  Perfecution  of  Proteflants,  if  not  the  utter 
Extinaion  of  the  Proteftant  Rcligion,in  Britah.it  leaft. 

♦..^r^T'  ':';™*='l''«Inrt^"ce  I  ftall  mention  of  anitt- 
tcrj^fingProvidence  on  behalf  ofthe5n>//5Ifraei,occur'dirt 
thefollowmgRe,gn,thatofKlngjAMEstheFirft;  and  it 
was  the  foopportuneDifcovery  of  that  horrid  P.Ja  PU 
commonly  MGunfoz^der  Treafin,  juft  a't  thecriticd 
Moment,  when  npe  for  Execution ;   whicl,  being  happily 

prevented. 


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on  a  hkiTcd 
■>on  religion s( 
csSubje(f^ioit 
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d  retired  for 
cir  Ferfons ; 
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JiftingLiifli^ 
ing  her  with 
It  by  giving 
^n  (a  Reign 
.efpc<n:s  not 
of  the  Pro. 
ty  abroad ! 
*  Proteftani 
sftant  Intc* 
Divihe  Ap- 
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when  at- 

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ch  boafted 
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Tcvenced, 


(prevented,  the  Kin^  and  Pari'iament  were  wonderfully 
Ircfcncd  from  a  fudden  and  univerfal  Deftruftion  by  one 
Tatal  Stroke;  that,  had  ic  taken  Pjnce,  might  eventually 
ha\/e  proved  thq  DeftriiOion  of  EnrJlHi  Liberty,  and  Sub- 
.|  verdon  of  the  Proteftant  Faith,  and  have  brourrht  on  new 
.Triumphs  of  Papal  Tyranny  and  Rage.  G'rcat  indeed 
jWas  the  Deliverance  Britain  now  recciv'd. 

I     In  the  Reign  of  King  Charles  the  l^'irfl,  \vhen,under 

I  the  too  prevalent  Influence  of  a  PopiJJp  Qjieen,  and  the 

I  Coun(els  of  a  Popijlly^aJfecledVmy  about  the  Court,fuch 

|JargcStudes  were   taken   towards  arbitrary  Power,    and 

|whe!T  the  Nation  was  groahvig  under  (bch  Stretched  and 

|Abufes  of  the  Prerogative,  and   fhch  Incurfions  upon  Li- 

|b^rry  and  Property^  to  which  violent  and  illegal  Meafhreg 

"ail  tlie  Calamities  of  that  impolitic  and  improfperous  Reign 

:,^  ieem  to  have  been  radically  &  primarily  owing ;  whata  (ig^ 

J  nal  Interpofition  of  Divine  Providence  on  belialf  of  a  Peo- 

;■  pie  fb  ii-ijured and  threitncd  withRuin,was  to  be  fcen  in  that 

■:  leafonablc  and  noble  Stand,  a  f])irited  and  f^'ce,  but  loyal 

Parliament  made,  in  Support  of  civil  l^ipju,  and  for  the 

kedrefs  of  national  Grievances !  And  was  there  no<:  v  ii  My . 

theliand  of  God  in  fuch  a  general  Coalefcence  and  firm  U- 

.  mon  of  all  Ranks  of  People,  Gentry  and  Commonahy,  on 

the  Side  of  the  Oppofltion  !     And  indeed  it  fccms  to  have 

been  the  natural  Right  of  the  People,  if  not  their  •ndifpcn. 

.fable  Duty,    to  adhere  to  the  Parliament,  at  leall  io  lon-.T 

■  as  they  a^ed  in  Character,  as  authorized  Guardians  of  the 

(-ommunity,as  thepublic  Confervators  of  their  legal  Rights 

and  civil  Liberties,  and  went  into  none  but  true  Patriotic 

Meaft.rcs.     Nor  can  1  but   fuppofe,   the  heroic  Pti^Iia- 

>  inentary  Sxms\  then  made,  has  had  lading  goodEffeas,  a^i 

.'   Britain  is  reaping  Advantages  from  it  to  this  very  Day. 

|InAddi;km  to  the  civil  Oppreihons  of  that  inglorious 
I  Keign,  there  were  eccUHaftical  Impofitions,  and  in  Confe- 
I  qucnce  hereof;  violent  Profbcutionsof  the  iVi?ij-f^;7/irw/;2e 
-  Clergy  (or  Prote.lant'D/;^.'/?///?^  Minifters)  which  were  the 
,  Means  of  driving  ThouCinds  of  the  King's  beit  Subjeas 
.  over  to  thcf^  remote  Regions  of  America,  in  View  of  a 
iecure  Retreat  from  the  angry  Storm  ;  and  fo  provM  the 

C  iinex|xaed 


iincxpcaed  Occnflon  of  fome  blcfTed  Events,  at  once  cn- 
i^rging  the  Kingdom  of  Christ,   and  cxtcndin^r  the  Do- 
minions of  ^r//,i/«,  to  the  greacAdvanccmcnt  of  it's  Wealth 
Strength  and  Glory,  as  at  this  Day.-   And  what  is  won' 
dcrtu]  to  reflca  on,  at  the  famcTinic  the  King's  Heart,  by 
the  good  Hand  of  God,  was  bowed  to  favour  thefe  his  emi 
grant  Suhjeas  with  his  Letters  Patent,  or  Roy  a  IC  bar  tet  s 
rlanning  a  good  civil  Governnnnt  for  them,    and   vouch' 
iahng  them  ample  Powcrs,Privilegcs,Immunities  &  Rights  • 
which  have  contributed  fignally  toihePrefcrvation,Growth 
and    J^iounfliing   of  the  Nexu^EngUimi  Colonies,    from 
whence  a  Series  of  vaft  Advantages  and  BeneHts  have  been 
derived   to   the  Mother-Kingdom.  ~  The  unhappy  civil 
//  ars,  that  fo  long  fubfified,   between  the  Kin^  and  Par- 
Jiament,  and  which  were  over-ruled  in  Providence  to  an 
ainazing  IfTue  ;  yet  feem  to  have  laid  the  Foundation  for 
Conlcquences.   that  not  a  little  affefted  the  Weal  of  the 
Nation,  and  have  been  fubfcrvicnt  to  irs  Safety  and  Prof- 
penty.-.  The  tragical  Fate  of  that  unhappy  King  h,is 
Jcftaftandmg  Monument  of  the  Abfurdity  and  Danpcr 
there  is  in  a  Proteflant  Prince's  giving  Ear  ioPopiJh  Qo^n^ 
f^h,  and  the  Folly  of  riiking  his  Crown  by  ftraininir  his 
Prerogative,  or  ncglcfting  his  Parliament,  or  defpifina  the 
ropuldce.  '      ° 

The  Interregnum  that  follow'd,  however  fome  Circum- 

Itances  attending  it,  or  fome  of  irsTranfliftions,  might  cad 

a  Gloon,  over  ir,  yet  I  think,   was  not  without  a  Alixture 

ot  inch  Events  in  Providence,  in  that  Day,  as  confpiredto 

advance  the  Glory  and  Felicity  of  Britain,  and  fuch  as 

may  juftly  ftrike  the  calm  unprejudiced  Rcflc<^or  with  Ad- 

mirarion.     How  fignally  did  the  intcrpoh'ng  Hand  of  God 

appear, m  that,  notwithftanding  the  long-continued  Race 

of  an   intcfine  War,  which   fb  commonly  corrupts  the 

Manners  of  a  People,  there  fhould  be  fuch  Remains,  yea. 

a  yifible  Increafe,   of  Sobriety  and  Virtue  in  the  Nation  ! 

i  hat  notwithflanding  fuch  Emulations  and  Clafliings  amorg 
a  Variety  of  Parties,  and  fiirh  Chan^nc :,,  .!,<,  ^^l^■.a^^ 

uon  of  civiJGovernment.there  fliould  be  fo  much  good  Or- 
der  mamtained,and  the  Courfb  of  Jultice  ^qwqW  prcfcrvcd ! 

In 


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at  once  cn- 
linjT  the  Do- 
)fits\Vca]th, 
vhat  is  won- 
*s  Heart,  by 
lefe  his  emi- 
alCbartefs, 
and   voiich- 
:s&  Rights; 
ionXirovvth 
>nios,    from 
J  have  been 
linppy  civil 
g  and  Par- 
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dation  for 
cal  of  the 

and  Prof- 
it I NG  has 
id  Danger 
^'//^Coun- 
raining  his 
fpifing  the 


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night  call 
Mixture 
nfpired  to 
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with  Ad- 
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upts  the 
lins,  yea. 


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cfcrved ! 
In 


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I 


In  Hiort.  that  there  fhoiild  Hill  be  fo  ruch  of  thcFace  of  a 
Kingdom  kept  up,  and  io  many  Tokens  of  a  flourlfliing 
Nation  ;  fuch  a  Degree  of  national  Strength,  of  national 
i^yme,  and  Inrtucnce  abroad— and  above  all,  fjch  an  ap- 
parent Growth  in  Chriftian  Knowlcd^^e,  and  fo  many  Sifins 
of  a  pvofpcrous  State  of  Religion  !  How  marvellous  die 
Goodnefs  or  God  to  Britain,  in  not  fuffering  either  Anar- 
chy  or  Tyranny  at  any  Time  to  be  its  Ruin,  but  over- 
ruling the  Mifchicf  s  of  both  to  produce  good  Etfcas  in  the 

When  thcRefJoration  of  Monarchy  in  thcPerfon  of  Kincr 

^^HARLEs  the  Second  came  on,  it  is  obfjrvable,  though 

togetncr  with  this. chcre  was  a  Relloration  of  arbitrary 

Meafurcs  or  Government,  thcmgh  a  Deluge  of  Corrupii- 

ons  and  Drfordcrs  broke  in  with  it,  and  though  the  Perfe^ 

cuiiun  of  Protcftant  Diifcnters  was  renewed  and  carried  on 

vvi.h  a  high  Hand,  yet  by  a  Divine  over-ruling  Providence 

Good  was  brought  out  of  Evil,  and  Britain's  Happinefs 

the  more  advanced,  and  better  fecured,  in  the  Event     For 

Jnllance,  the  Turning  Inch  a  Multitude  of  worthy  Ma- 

^titrates  out  of  their  Offices.becaufe  they  did  not  feeLight 

to  make   {olcnm  Renunciaii(Mi  of  an   important  political 

I  ruKjple,  wnich  if  (iiKcrely  and  univerfnlly  ahhorred,'xn\ 

the  Contrary  cfpoufcd,  there  had  no   Place  been   left  for 

luch  a^glorious  Event  as  the  Revolutiou,  or  the  Proteflant 

.Sz/.v.//:/.;,         this doubtlefs  had  its  Influence  to  confirm 

thole  Gcnilemcn  in  their  Attachment  to  Britifh  Liberty 

nnd  by  their  ExVnple  to  diff^fc  and  perpetuate  a  generou^ 

AVnrmth  m  the  fame  righteous  Caufe;    which    ferved    to 

pave  tne  Way  for  thof^^^/.r/.;^,  E^^ent^,   that  have  been 

the  efjoaual  Means  of  its^  Recovery  and  Eftabliflimcnt.— 

MO,    the  S,lcn.-ng  llich   a    large  Body   of  None  or, for  mi  (I 

^'^^ntfters    perhaps  as  ufcf ul  and  truly  valuable  a   Sett  of 

C^ofpeW  rcachers  as  any  iNation    was  ever    blefsM   with, 

who  were  thruft  our  of  their  Livings,  driven  into  Corners 

and  muerably  harraded  with  penal  Laws,-rhis  eventually 

turned  to  inc  h..nor  of  tiioie  pcrfbcuted  Diflcnters.and  the 

greater  Creait  of   theh- Cn.fe,    as    thefe    hard    Meafures 

afforded  tra:m  an  O^^  .-tunity  to  fignalize  their  Inrcgrity, 

2  ,,i.a 


Mercft  in  genernl,  by  enforcing  ,!,c  F,  i     i,  |'  '  ^/^^ 

fivil  Liberty  and  pure  Religion.  *  * 

i'^i?i'n'tt^,r'"*p"'^"'^^"''y^''l^''"^'='"''^=C:,rc 
11  uoou  in  the  next    Rcifrn    t h-^t   nf  v;,.r.    i 

Second      I  fl,.,„  H,e.erorc  oniy'':  fe    e     Sein  rcncr'  ^ 

intat  uatcct  in  Iii.Counfels,  .ind  left  of  God  to  pnrfue  inl 
Mcafures,  relative  both  to  Clnireh  and  State  a   o  Iv  f "v 

^^Kicn  tne  Ujffercnccs  between   his    Prr^piln..*    c  r  •  rv 
wnh  Reference  to  their  re.igiois'Diqt^tltlauS 

times 


free 


^s 


fma  r      R  V  r      '^V/-'"^^^"-  '^'■e^i^'  elcr.ped  me  Jnihe  hally  coning. 


':^  A I 

'   natur 


V        ^   " 


eir  Zen  I  for  a 
>  had  been  Cm- 
ir.Tlly  now  but 
to  its  riifTc'iinp 
o  tlie  Divine 
Hration,  eafily 
Enjoyment  of 
be  T)ifent'in^^ 
pofiijon  innde 
rvcd  to  fup- 
Rcfiilt,    this 

5  on  a  Le^al 

??,  inckrJ,  it 
e  Prote/lant 
•s  of  the  Re- 
on  which  it 
e  Providenco 
'^d  ;  and  the 
noft  adverfci 
bie  Caufe  of 


e  toiheCjCj 
James  the 
"^  in  general, 
he  was  bent 
i'as  ftrangely 
piirfue  fuch 
IS  only  fcrv- 
fopcs.     For 
',  by  Frowns 
tionsi^^c.   to 
t   SiibjC(Sls, 
)CcJal,fomc- 
times 

Bievjty  omit- 
^^■'•^y  compo- 
ranfcript  for 
'  perhaps  as   ' 


times  gratifying  one  Party,  and  at  other  times  courting  the 
other,  and  all  with  an  Aim  to  weaken  the  common  Caufe, 
thefe  Managements  only  fervcd  to  draw   their  Attemioii 
.^,  to  the  common    Danger,    to  drive  the  contending  Parties 
I  nearer  together,  to  make  them  willing  to  come  to  a  Tem- 
^per  among  thcmfelves,  and  unite  their  Efforts  for  the  com- 
^nion  Safety.     And    fuch  at  length  was  the  Union  of  the 
iwhole  Nation  in  Oppofition  to  the  King's    Religion  and 
Politicks,   that    an   Invitation   was  fcnt  to  that  celebrated 
General  and  Politician,thc  I'rince  ofOran^^  (iheKing's 
Son  m  Law)  to  come  over  to  their  Help,   foV  the  Rcdrefs 
of  Grievances,  the  Rcfbue  of  civil  Liberty,   ami  Security 
of  the  Proteitant  Intcreft.     A  Condna  highly  becoming  a 
^  .ree  People,  juflifiable  by  the  great  Law  of  Self-Preferva- 
;|tion,  and  in  my  Views  of  it,    fo  near  a-kin  to  the  Parlia- 
#mcntary  Oppofition  to  King  Charles    the  Firft,   that  I 
Jiknow  not  how  any  can  conditently  approve  the  one  and 
%  condemn  the  other.     This  Precedent   may  fuffice  forever 
irto  filcnce  all  Pleas  for  indefcafible  hereditary  Right,  Non- 
frefi(lance  and  paflive  Obedience;    which  have  fometimcs 
*  n '"l^  /"'^?  ^  ^^5^^'   b"*^   "^^w  ^^-em  happily  laid  aHeep. 
i  1  his  Condua,  at  leaft,   has  declared  the  general  Senfe  of 
the  Nation,  and  left  a  notable  Tcftimony  to  the  Caufe  of 
civil  Liberty   and  the  ProteOant  Religion.     In  this  a  won- 
jfderlul  Hand  of  God  is  to  be  feen  and   acknowledged.—- 

^     u  n^''^"^  the  Way  for  iheNation's  Deliverance?    And 

..ilia  bicfred  Deliverance  it  was,   when  King   James,  either 

I  throughConfcioufiief^  of  Guilt,  or  through  Cowardize,  un- 

ff  der  the  Apprehcnfion  of  approaching   Danger,  made  his 

^1  J1.XU  (as  inglorious  a  one  perhaps  as  that  of  his  Royal  Fa- 

I  ther,  though  not  in  the  fiimc  Manner)  firll  abdicating  his 

;|  Crown,  and   then  fbrfl.king  his  Kingdom,  and  going  into 

m  ^  kind  of  voluntary  Exile.      By  which  Means    a  civil 

§  War  was  happi^ly  prevented;    and  hereby,  purfliant  to  na- 

I  rural  Right    the  Nation  was  at  Liberty  to  fill  the  vacant 

*   1  hrone  by  Eleaion  of  a  SucccfTor. 

And  upon  whom  fiiould  the  Eyes  of  the  Nation  more 
'  n.turaJly  be  turn\l,  than  their  glorious  Deliverer,  who 
^   Uc^a  Ip  nearly  related  to  ibc  Throne,  efpecially  by  his 

Comfort, 


•m 


Confort,  the  eldcft  Princefs  of  the  Blood  ?  This  wife  and 
great  Prince  and  his  mod  amiable  Confort  were  accordingly 
by  the  unired  Voices  of  the  Lords  and  Commons,  with  the 
g-cneral  Confcnr,  confiicutcd  King  and  Queen.-— A  fur- 
prizing  Revolution  this,  attended  with  fuch  Circumnanccs, 
and  followed  with  fuch  Confcquences,    as  loudly  fj^ak  it 
a  Wonder  of  Mercy  to  Britain,Vind  owing  to  a  fpecial  In- 
tcrpofition  of  Divine  Providence  !  —  This  was  an  Event 
fruitful  of  abundant  ITappincfs  and  Glory  to  the  Nation  : 
particularly,    in  the  Eltabliilimcnt  of  civil  Liberty,    and 
rrovifion  for  the  Security  of  the  Protejlant  Religion,  by 
a  Parliamentary  SeirlLment  of  the  Succeffion  to  the  Crown 
in  the  Protectant  Royal  Line  ;  hereby  greatly  fuperadding 
to  the  Security  and   Strength  given  to  both  by  the  ihon 
prefent,  juft,  mild,  Proteftant  Reign.      For  Kint;  Wil-- 
liam's  great  and  generous  Soul,  not  fatisfy'd  with  having 
refcu'd  Britain   out  of  the  Hands  of  it's  Enemies,   nor 
with  making  it  happy,  by  fecuringit'sReligion  and  Liberty, 
during  his  own  Reign,   look'd   forward,   even    to   diflant 
Futurity,    and    ftudy'd   how    to    perpetuate    the     fame 
Happincfs  in   all  following  Reigns.      As  a  Medium   to 
this  blcfled  Purpofe,   God  pu:  it  into  the   King's  Heart, 
to  get   the  Crown  legally    entail'd,    in    fuch  a  Manner, 
that    Britain  might  hope  for  a  glorious  Race  of  Pro- 
tcflant  Princes,  to  fway  the   Sceptre   in  Righteoufneft; 
and  in  Mercy. —  And  the  Royal  Favour,  not  rellrain'd  by 
Bigotry  to  any  one  Sett  ci  the  King's  ProteAant  Subjcfts, 
but  conducted  by  an  impartial  View  to  the  public  Good, 
procured  an   Aft  of  Parliament   to  eftablifli  a  Toleration 
and  Allowance  of  Proteftant  'Diffenters  ;  to  their  great 
Relief  and  Quiet,  as  well  as  to  th :  greater  Advantage  and 
firmer  Security  of  :hc  common  Crui?,  v/hercin  .11,  whole 
Hearts    are    truly   Protellant,   l.\.    <,oriliantly   united.  — 
However,  while  he   edccm'd  it  his  Glory  to  rule  over  a 
free  People,   and  confultcd  the  general  Good  in  allowing 
a  reafonable  Liberty  to  all  his  loyal  Subjefts;  yet,  as   be- 
«..(me  2.  true  Father,  he  at  the  fame  time  tcokCare  to  fence 
f'.em  about  with  vvholefome  Laws,    for  the   Security  of 
good  Manners,   and  would  indulge   none  in  a  wicked  Li- 
centioufnefs.     His  Heart  appear- d  warmly  engaged  in  the 

noble 


ioble  C 
Proving 
IhcirMc 

lisaufpi 
rmatic 
Under  hi 
miied  i 
c  rcmi 
s  a  Fa 
ugh:  t 
it  home 
ifndLibe 
f'.I.ccd 
>^s  in  ( 
'fke  ;  an 
#ough 
til  the  ) 
JtiHltanc 
fns,  to| 
Icroic  E 
l^as  foui 

Jropagat 
elieve, 
llie  Chai 
pirincipa] 
Protefla 
ther  at  1- 
Charitiei 
former  ? 
lion  at  1 
the  App 
this  by  t 
Influenc 
in  fhefe 
je6ls  hen 
deprived 
harraflcd 
iriimmin 
A  Crifis, 
|bme  pai 


lis  wife  and 
accordingly 
)S,  with  the 
N. — A  fur- 
:umnancc8, 
lly  C\yeuk  it 
fpecia  Mil- 
ls an  Event 
le  Nation  : 
btTty,  and 
eligion,  by 
the  Crown 
b per adding 
/  the  tlicn  • 
<.in^  WiL- 
^-ith  having 
emies,  nor 
id  Liberty, 
to  diflant 
the  fame 
Medium  to 
g's  Heart, 
a  Manner, 
e  of  Pro- 
Thteoufnefi; 
;Ilrain'd  by 
It  Subjcfts, 
blic  Good, 
Toleration 
their  great 
vantage  and 
ui],  whole 
united.  — 
ule  over  a 
n  allowing 
et,  as  be- 
-e  to  fence 
Security  of 
vicked  Li- 
igcd  in  the 
noble 


iobic  Dcfipn  of  exalting  the  National  Chara£lcr,  and  im- 
proving the  Genius  of  his  People.by  re£^ifying  and  railing 
[he;rMorals.  And  it  is  not  the  lealk  among  thcG lories  of 
lis aufpiciousReign, that  ihofc  excellent  "Societies  for  Rc- 
brmation  of  Manners '  had  their  Rife  in  it.  and  flourifhed 
Under  his  powerful  Patronage. -—Nor  was  his  Royal  Care 
'Imiicd  to  the  Shores  of  Britain,  but  extended  it  felf  to 
c  rcmoreft  Britifh  Factories  and  Plantations  beyond  Sea. 
s  a  Fafher  mindful  of  his  Children  abfent,  the  King 
ugh:  theWeal  of  his  Proteltant  Subjefts  abroad,  as  well  as 
it  home,  and  was  equally  concerned  to  fccure  their  Religion 
indLiberty.  Where  any  of  them  were  in  Hazard  of  being 
^I'luced  to  Popery,  and  To  of  being  drawn  into  Slavery,  he 
l^as  in  Care  to  have  them  provided  with  a  good  Prefer va- 
^e  ;  and  where  anyFaftory  orScttlement  had  notStrength 
^ough  within  it  felf  to  procure  and  maintain  the  Miniitry 
ol  the  Word,  he  took  Care  to  make  Provifion  for  their 
jt-initance  ;  and  even  for  the  Support  of  Proteflant  Miffi- 
|ns,  to  profelyte  the  Heathen  to  Chriflianity,  On  fuch 
^croic  Defigns,  and  not  on  any  little  narrow  Party  Views, 
as  founded  that  Royal  Inflitution  of  the  *'  Society  for 
iropagating  the  Gofpel  in  foreign  Parts'*. —  [Nor  can  I 
elieve,  iiever  entred  into  theKiNo'sgencrousHeart,  that 
ifie  Charities  given  on  this  noble  Foundation,  flioiild  be 
j^incipally  applied  to  ferve  the  Intention  of  reclaiming 
P  rote  ft  ant  'Difjenters  to  the  EpTcopal  Communion,  whe- 
ther at  home  or  abroad.  If  fuch  Application  of  thefc 
Charities  be  juftifiable  in  the  latterCafe,  why  not  alfo  in  the 
rormer  I  Were  the  Experiment  made  of  fuch  an  Applica- 
tion at  Home,  perhaps  it  might  have  the  good  EfTcft,to  put 
the  Application  Abroad  under  a  different  Direction.  But 
this  by  the  Way.] — I  go  on  to  obferve,  how  the  benign 
Influences  of  the  Royal  Favour  and  Juflice  reached  to  us 
in  ihefe  New-England  Colonics.  The  King's  loyal  Sub- 
jifts  here,  in  the  laft  preceeding  Reigns,  had  been  not  only 
deprived  of  their  inv:iluable  Charter-Privileges,but  cruelly 
hlirraflcd  and  oppreifed  by  various  defpotic  Meafures,  and 
in  imminentDanccr  of  lofine  both  their  Relicion  &  Liberty. 
A  Crifis,  that  no  true  Friend  of  either  can  review  without 
^me  painful  Feelings  !    But  thro  the  Mercy  of  an  inter- 

pofing 


i'- »l 


^^ 


m\ 


ml 


m 


j 


\M\^g  Providence,  thefe  Colonies  were  delivered  from  Im^ 
pending  Ruin,  by  Means  of  the  glorious  Rcvokition,  and 
the  happy  Acceffion  of  King  William  to  the  Throne  : 
who  of  his  Royal  Grace- renewed  or  continued  their  Ghar- 
ters,  and  with  a  Paternal  Plcafure  faw  them  cafed  of  their 
Grievances,  and  reftored  to  a  (ccure  and  profpcrous  State. 
Now  were  their  Con. plaints  turned  into  Songs,  and  they 
were  /ike  unto  them  that  dream.  They  now  found  Re- 
pofe  and  Solace,  in  the  undifturbed  PolTedlon  of  Liberty 
and  Property,  of  their  Laws,  their  civil  Rights,  and  their 
religious  Privileges  ;  partaking  largely  in  the  National 
Happinefs,  under  the  wife,  the  equal,  the  Proteftant  Go- 
vernment of  King  WitLiAM,  whofe  Memory  is  blcfTed  : 
And  it  may  fitly  be  fubjoined  here,  on  whofe  Royal  Head 
(even  after  the  Lofs  of  his  excellent  Partner  in  theThrone) 
ftill  the  Crown  fat  fafe  and  flourifliing,  to  the  Joy  of  his 
lo>al  Subjects,  both  at  home  and  abroad.  But  hisEnemies 
were  covered  with  Shame,  by  finding  therafelves  frullra- 
ted  in  all  their  Attempts  (whether  in  the  Methods  of  In- 
furre<5lion  and  Livafion,  or  of  AHadinaiion  and  Murder)  to 
WFeft  the  Sceptre  out  of  hi?  Royal  Hand,  in  order  to  rc- 
pjacc  a  fugitive  and  abjured  King  in  the  Britijh  Throne. 
For  it  is  very  remarkable,  how  a  gracious  Providence 
watch'd  over  the  Deliverer  of  the  Nation,  and  the  Shield 
of  its  Liberty,  civil  and  facred  ;  to  defend  his  Perfon,  to 
fupporthis  Throne,  and  to  crown  his  Reign  with  Irofpc- 
rity.and  Fame,  to  the  great  Glory  and  Happinefs  of  i?/;- 
tain  and  its  Dependences. — Thefe  furely  are  Wonders  of 
interpofing  Mercy,  never  to  be  forgotten  ;  fuch  as  nnift  al- 
ways make  a  difiinguifliingFigure  in  theEnglifliStory  j  and 
well  deferve  a  grateful  Mention  on  this  Occafion. 

Nor  wasCJueen  ANNE's  Reign,   who  next  fucceedcd 
to  theCrown,  without  thofelnftances  of  a  benevolent  over- 
ruling Providence  in  Favour  of  Britain  and  its  Colonic?, 
that  merit  our  grateful  Reflexions.     The  peaceableAccef-  - 
lion  of  this  Proteflant  Princcfs  to  the  Throne,    upon  the 

happily  delivered  the  Kingdom  at  prcfent  from  the  painful  ' 
Apprehenfion  of  a  Po0?  gucxIFor.     The  Security  of  her  | 

Perfon 


">»»»  «*— • 


V 


red  from  im^ 
okition,  and 
lie  Throne  : 
i  their  Ghar- 
afed  of  their 
porous  State. 
ys,  and  they 

found    Re- 

of  Liberty 
ts,  and  their 
the  National 
oteflant  Go- 
y  is  blcfTed  : 
Royal  Head 
theThrone) 
i^  Joy  of  his 

hisEnemies 
Ives  frulira- 
thods  of  In- 
I  Murder)  to 
order  to  re- 
ly^ Throne. 

Providence 
d  the  Shield 
5  Perfon,  to 
I'ith  I'rofpc- 
:iefs  of  Bri' 
Wonders  of 
(  as  nnift  al- 
Story  J  and 
ion. 

:t  fucceedcd 
volenr  ever- 
ts Colonic?, 
eableAccel-  - 
;,   upon  the 

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ouccciiion, 

I  the  painful 

:urity  of  her  . 

Perfon 


-f^erfon,  and  the  .^upport  of  the  Proteflant  SucccfTion  as 
Ihen  by  Law  efiabliihed,  being  the  Objects  of  public  At- 
tention, and  the  common  Care  :  her  Reii^n  like  wife  com- 
*nencingr  with  a  Variety  of  great  BiefTings  and  Glories,  and 
proceeding  for  a  while  with  a  progrcfTive  Profpefity  and 
▼ery  promiftng  Appearances,  —  ihefe  Circumlt.inces  gave 
.lurthcr  Encourageiuents  to  tlu:-  Friends  of  the  Protettant 
tuccc:{[ion,  and  new  Checks  to  the  Hopes  of  its  Enemies* 
|t  liuilt  be  acknowledg'd,  this  female  Reign  was  for  a 
Courfe  of  Years  very  much  fignaliz'd  and  honoured  in 
^l^rovidence.  It  was  highly  dignify'd,  in  particular,  by  a 
|u(t,  a  mild,  a  wife  Admioiltration  of  civil  Government  ; 
py  a  Parliamentary  Confirmation  of  tlie  Revolution-Entail 
of  the ^V/Vz/y^  Crown  ;  by  aRatification  of  the  legal  Allow- 
.ance  or  Toleration  of  Protellanc  Dilfcntcrs ;  by  the  Union 
of  England ^\m\  Scotland  m  one  common  Kingdom,  to  the 
ibengthning  their  common  Incereils,  in  refpe6>  of  civil  Li- 
berty and  the  Proteflant  Religion  ;  by  the  Redu^ion  of 
Port- Royal  m^menca,  which  open'd  the  way  for  the  Con- 
quelt  and  Recovery  of  all  No\:a-Scstia  ;  —  in  fine,  by 
m  almott  incredible  Series  of  prodio^ioiis  Victories,  and  tri- 
umphant SuccelFcs  in  War,  under  the  ConduiH:  of  that 
xonfummaie  martial  Genius,  the  Duke  of  Marlbo- 
rough, a  General  mofl  defcrvedly  of  the  firft  Charader 
in  his  Day. — But  alas,  in  Procefs  of  Tim.^  much  of  the 
Glory  departed  Several  of  the  laft  Years  of  this  Reiga 
make  no  very  honorable  or  confiilent  Figure  in  its  Annals* 
The  Queen,  thro  fome  unhappy  Weaknefs,  was  tempted 
to  dilcard  her  old  and  belt  Servants ;  and  a  Change  of  her 
Minidry  brought  on  a  Change  of  her  Meafurc'^.  This 
Revolution  in  the  public  Counsels  foon  produced  an  Alie- 
■  ration  in  the  State  of  public  AfTairs,  both  at  home  and 
abroad.  The  Qjieen  was  betray'd  into  an  inglorious  Peace ; 
^ot  a  Crifii.  when  her  Majcfty's  Sword,  in  the  almofl  refift- 
Icfs  Hand  of  her  brave  General,  had  humbled  the  Pride 
of  France,  and  **  reduced  its  exorbitant  Power  nearly  to 
its  native  Bounds,  and  had  by  xhcFrench  King's  own  Con- 
icillon  juii  cut  open  an  Entrance  into  the  very  Heart  of 
his  KingdgzB  J   which  he  acknowledgd  would  have  been 

D  of 


M 


>?.   ,■;:( 


of  his  Power  ..   Zl^^  b'fotfo'rr;!:^?^^-? 
ivjajelty  sCrown ;  whofc  Hopes  therefore  h;,rl  Kp^n  r 

fuVv  ?d  t  S?r'''\^''";  .r''''^'^'  'f  She  had  long 
Tranof«;ilr^r  "  ^V  ^°"°""=''  ^"h  a  dreadful 
4s     £*:'' C^'f^l^^f",  both  to  i,V,>.i„  and  its  Colo- 

?'"r  .     ^"'?  "^^  ''""y'd  into  fome  perfecutingMea- 
iures  relauve  to  her  Protefiant  diflinting  Subiefls    Xh 
If  an  .nterpofing  Providence  had  not  hiM  their TaS 
fnK'eVP  fi  '•'''  "P'-f^  ="  Fountain  of  MifchifoEal 

f f nJ  B^iS;  :o"ih"iJiit!-i::  it;;nsi 

der  began  ,p  produce  fotne  bad  Effei.,  of  a^ery  da"ee" 
reus  Tendency,  and  even  threatned  the  verv  Zrftrr 
Uftrophe ;  which  I  know  not  how  ^nv  PrJJfZ  k' 
ton  can  rcfleft  on  without  a  fcnfiMe  Paif  R  f  °' ^"' 
Mercy  .0  the  Kingdom  and  itstperd™;];,  GC)D  ^w^ 

tionoftlie  Throne    and  ,Z  "  a  ^^ '"-^^en  Vaca- 

i"  immediate  ypS.iLitLt'urs  '''  fr'^'^'  V"'°" 

Confortto  the  Kleflor  „.  ?''"''"'°"^'   "»»  'he  Mother  of  Sophia.        " 

r/i^r/.,  .u^  c-_    ,.   ,?  *:f  ^^RGE  I.  born  Jmo  1660.  theV/..'.r  nf  ir;»^     P  i 
^  w:e  ^=;.ur.a  s  kelloration.     So  that  in  tliar  Dn,/,'  T"  I V^  ">     '■  ^' 

«J«nce  was  preparing  greater  -inW  K«,?    tu     '"^'^^^^  »  *^^^^  Provi- 

Nacion  then  dreamed  o/T  ''  ^  ^^"^^  ^'^^  ^^'^«'«'  ^^^"  ^i^'*     *^ 


'^: 


JJ^-^,^-     -. 


.  1^0  Doubt, 
^pprehenfions 
lidable  to  all 
nder  to  her 
been  for  ever 
with  France 
Succefs,  as  it 
te  it  with  an 
5he  had  Jong 
1  a  dreadful 
md  its  Colo- 
xutingMea- 
2<Ss;  which, 
their  taking 
iiefstothem 
lave  been  an 
J,  the  Plots 
to  her  Ma- 
'j^  Preten- 
'Cry  dange- 

worfl:  Ca- 
7nt  or  Bri" 
ut,  in  great 
jrOD,  who 
hofe  Hand 
^e  impend- 
Iden  Vaca- 
-ral  Union 

by  Law, 

illuftrious 

thePerfon 

This  at 

once 

fe  Daughter 
ti»e,  whom 
of  Sophia, 
^er,  who  by 

—  -    "■'."•^ 

kind  Provi- 
itt,  than  the 


||nce  difconcertcd  the  whole  Scheme  of  that  bigotted  Party 
P  the  Prctender'slntereft  ;  which,  if  fuffered  to  have  been 
parry'd  into  Execution,  might  have  involved  Britain,  and 
^efe  Colonies  with  it,  in  Blood  and  Ruin,  and  might  have 
/fntailVI  Chains  and  Mifcry  on  the  lateft  Poftcrity.  But, 
^ijS  Ifi'ael  fang  of  old,  "  Biefied  be  the  Lord,  who  hath  not 
iven  us  a  Prey  to  their  Teeth.  Our  Soul  is  efcaped  as  a 
iird  out  of  the  Snare  of  the  Fowler :  the  Snare  is  broken, 
|md  we  are  efcaped.'* 

I    As  the  AccenTion  of  the  prefent  Royal  Family  to  the 
y^rttifh  Throne  was  thus  at  a  critical  Juncture,  that  fpeaks  a 
^reat  Deliverance  thereby  given  us,  fo  it  was  attended  with 
a  Coincidence  of  favorable  Circumftances,  and  followed 
With  a  Train  of  national  Benefits  ;    fuch  as,  if  review'd 
!n  their  juil  Light,  would  open  to  us  very  glorious  Scenes 
of  Providence,  and  evidence  that  God  had  therein  ftiewed 
his  People  a  Token  for   Good.      What  an  Increafe  of 
♦Strength  and  Glory  mufl  it  gi^e  Great  Britain  —  What 
Weight  to  its  Counfels  —  What  Terror  to  its  Arms  —  to 
have  a  Prince  on  the  Throne,  of  fuch  fuperior  Wifdom 
and  Experience, of  fachdiftinguifliingAbilities  for  Govern- 
ment and  for  War,  of   fuch  extenfive  Fame  and  Lifluence 
'abroad,   and  in  fuch  high  Efteem  at  home,    equally  the 
Dehght  of  his  Friends,  and  the  Dread  of  his  Enemies  1  — 
'  What  a  Favor  to  the  Nation,  that  the  King  brought  with 
him  to  the  Throne  a  numerous  Progeny,  which  gave  the 
joyful  Profpc£l  of  a  JongRace  of  ProteftantSucceflbrs  to  the 
Crown  ?  And  that  he  had  his  important  Life  fo  lengthned 
out,  the  more  firmly  to  eftablifh  the  Tranquillity  of  his 
Kingdom,  and  the  better   to   fccure   the  Proteftant  Suc- 
ceffion  ;  to  remove  the  Fears  of  its  Friends,  and  dalh  the 
Hopes  of  its  Adverfaries  ? 

When  King  George  the  Firft  by  a  fudden  Death 
was  taken  away,  while  on  a  Vifit  to  his  German  Domini- 
ons, what  a  favorable  Circumflance  was  it,  that  he  left 
his  Roval  Son  and  Heir  behind,  immediatelv  to  take  ud 
the  Reins  of  Government ;  who  came  to  the  Crown  in 
maturity  of  Years,  and  with  improv'd  Qualifications  for 

D  2  Govern- 


hM 


Government, -and  who  having  obtain'd  Help  from  God 
happily  remains  in  the  Throne  to  this  Day  ! 

What  Wonders  of  Mercy  to  Great-Bntain.  and  its  de- 
jiendent  Colonies,  has  God  w^rought  from  Time  to  Time 
in  com»n^mgx\»%Prote/}ant  Royal  Family  m  I'oMonof 
the  1  hrone  ;  in  fcciiring  it  againft  the  repeated  Invafions 
oUPop.l^  Pretender,  abe.tcd  and  aided  by  France,  and 
Rome,  and  Hell-  m  fupprelllngoncc  and  again  thclnftir- 
reaions  of  an  infatuated  Faftion,  enflavcd  to  (he  Delufion-. 

of  7:'./,fr>^  at  beft  to  thcNoti,>nsof  anrW^/^,7/Wf  A^r^rf,Yary 
K,ght  of  Princes  an  uninterrupted  Succeffim  of  Bi(hop.^ 
and  the  like ;  which  fometimes  put  them  upon  the  moft  dcf- 
perate  Confp-racies and  Rebellions;  but  all  In  vain  !  Their 
t-ounleli  have  ever  been  turned  into  Foolinmcfs,  their  At- 
tempts  defeated  iheKlng-sThrone  clablifhed;  &  iheHopes 
ot  bis  Enemies  feem  now  CKtinguilhed,  or  elle  their  ReaU 
awaken  d,  fo  that  at  prcfent  they  appear  to  be  among  the 

^a"  "y.  V?'''  '"''  ''"^  °'^'  -Difrmfnons  of  r.»  and 
IVhig,  High  C  hurch  and  Lou;  feem  to  be  much  out  of 
i>ate,  and  next  to  being  bary'd  in  Oblivion. 

TifT''n/R°'TAu?i-°^'  '^^F«'"<='"  Majesty's  important 
l.ife  and  RoyalAbihiies  to  fo  advanced  an  Age,— theConti, 
mianee  of  fo  many  Branches  of  the  RoyalFamily.-  rhe 
excel  ent  Sp,nt&  Talents  for  Government  fo  confpicuous 
already  ,n  the  He^  apparent,- the  extraordinary  Genius 
and  Application  of  the  prime  Minidcr,  -  the  uncommon 
Degree  of  Harmony  ,n  the  great  Court  of  Parliament  ;- 
he  public  Spirit  of  all  Ranks  in  contributing  fo  readily  and 
liberally  for  the  Support  of  a  vigorous  War  ;-.he  Eftab- 
ilhment  of  a  well-regulated  Militia,  andRevival  of  a  mar- 
tial  Spirit   at   home  ;    the   bed   difciplin'd    and     brave 
Troops  abroad  ;    the  mofl  powerful  Navy,    that    gives 
^r,ta<n,  ,t  not  the  Sovereignty  of  the  Seas!  yet  at  lead  a 
Superiority   that  its  Enemies  feel  and  own,   and  that  gives 
n  peculiar  Advantages,  as  well  to  obflruft  and  annoy  ther^       • 
as  to  facilitate  Its  own  Maritime  Expeditions,  to  covtT  k; 
1-and-L.ntcrprizes,  and  to  proicft  its  FiHirr,,  .„^  t„.,- .    .. 
the  admirable  Valour  andConduft  of  .he  "ffnV^/Fieet^    ' 
and  Arm;es,  under  the  Command  of  great  Generals  and 

grcai; 


■J. 


'•'■^X: 


if*«r"" 


ip  from  God, 

'n,  and  its  dc< 
ime  to  Time 
I  PofTefljon  of 
ted  Invafions 
France,  and 
in  the  In  fur- 
be  Delufionr. 
le  hereditary 
I  of  Bifhops, 
the  moft  dcf- 
vain  I  Their 
:fs,  their  At- 
S:  thelTopes 
their  Reafon 
:  among  the 
jf  T'ory  and 
nuch  out  of 


s  important 
— theContiv 
iiily, —  the 
ronfpicuous 
ary  Genius 
uncommon 
liamcnt ; — 
readily  and 
the  Eftab- 
I  of  a  mnr- 
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that    gives 
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that  gives 
noy  them, 

cover  its 
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Igreat  Admirals  ;    the  Unanimity  of  their  Counfels,  and 
linviolate  Union  of  their  military  Efforts ;  and  as  the  happy 
iFruit  hereof,   their  late   very  (ignal  and  almoft  uninter- 
Irupted    Courfe   of  Succefles ;  their  heroic  Exploits,  both 
an   the  Sea   and    Land-Service  ;     their  Triumphs   over 
-the  Enemy,  in  all  Quarters  of  the  World,   wherever  the 
ylW"ar  has  reached ;  the  large,  the  numerous,  and  very  impor- 
|tant  Acquifitions  of  Territory  (befides  the  taking  of  many 
fFortrcires  and  Ships  of  War)  that  have  glorioufly  added 
|to  the  Strength,  as  well  as  Extent  of  the  Brit'ijh  Empire, 
I  but  are  fo  many  dcprelTing  and  very  enfeebling  Defalcati- 
fons  from  the  Gallic  Dominions,  which  have  perplexed  the 
>  Counfels  and  confounded  the  ambitiousDefignsof  i^ra«r^  : 
land  at  the  fame  time,  what  none  can  but  obferve,  &  theEne- 
rmy  muft  needs  envy,  the  peaceful  Snie  of  Britain  within 
itfelf,  its  Freedom  fro:n  Murmurs  and  Difcontents,  its  Se- 
•curity  and  Defence  againd  hodile  Invafions  and  Depreda- 
,  tions,    its  few  LolTes  by  Sea   or  Land,    its  comparatively 
flittle  Lofs  of  Blood,   its  extenfive  and   flourifhing  Com- 
merce, its  Improvement  and  Succefs  in  gainful  Hufbandry 
j  and  in  all  Kinds  of  profitable  Manufactures  ;   and  in  Con- 
Tequencc  of  all,  its  unrivalM  Plenty  and  Opulence,  which 
,  enables  the  Subjedl  with  fucha  Degree  of  Eafe  to  fupply 
the  manifold  Exigences  of  hisMajefty's  Service,  and  chear- 
f  fully  bear  the  Burden  of  fo  expenfive  aWar — This  is  an 
uncommon  Accumulation  of  glorious  Events,  a  rare  Con- 
,  currencc  of  felicitating  Circumftances,   that  can  be  paral- 
lel'd  perhaps  in  no  other  Kingdom  this  Day  upon  Earth. 
Thefe  Things  confpire  to  refle£l  a  fuperlative  Luflre  on 
the  latter  Years  of  the  King's  Reign, and  will  make  them 
^  fhitie  with  an  unexampled  Glory  in  the  Annals  of   Great 
;  Britain. — Well  may  "the  King  joy  in  God's  Strength-^ 
'*  His  Glory  is  great  in  God's  Salvation —  "  Honour  and 
Majedy  are  put  upon  him — "  On  him  the  Crown  flourifli- 
cth,  and  his  Enemies  are  cloathed  withShame." — Hecon- 
fcdes  GoD  to  be  "his Strength  and  hisShield.and  theLifter 
^^P  o^^^'s  Head";  and  calls  upon  his  People  by  his  Royal 
Example,  as  well  as  Proclamations,   to  give  all  the  Fraife 
to  God  mofl  High,  "whofc  is  the  Kingdom, and  theFovver, 
the  Yi<^ory,  and  the  Majedy.'*  ^ 

And 


And  furcly  the  marvellous  Interpofitions  of  an  all- 
governing  Providence  in  Favor  of  Britain,  whether  of 
iormer  or  later  Date,  appear  (by  this  imperfeft  Reprefen- 
tation  of  them)  to  have  been  fuch  as  challenge  the  moft 
grateful  Acknowledgments  to  our  God  ;  nor  arc  to  be  re- 
flexed  on  without  Admiration,  Joy  and  Praife,  not  only  by 
thofc  Tcfidingin  the  Kingdom  thus  highly  favored/but 
even  by  us  in  the  Colonies,  who,altho'  at  fuch  a  Diftance, 
h^ve  felt  the  kmdly  Influence  of  thefe  national  Salvations 
and  Bleffings. 

^  But  now  to  come  nigher  home,  I  muft  beg  your  Atten- 
tion,  while  I  briefly  remind  you  of  fome  Specialties  in 
i)ivine  Providence,  that  have  a  more  immediate  A fpea  on 
the  JSntt/b  Colonies,  and  on  New- England  in  particular ; 
but  which  ultimately  redound  to  the  Advantage  and  Glory 
or  jbntatn  ufelf.  ^ 

"  We  have  heard  with  our  Ears,  and  our  Fathers  have 

told  us  ,  what  great  and  good  Things  have  formerly  been 

done  in  Providence  for  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Villages  in 

this  new  World,and  efpecially  for  thofe  in  the  Parts  where 

we  dwell  —  How  God  caft  out  the  Heathen  Native?, 

by  antecedeni  Wars  among  themfelves,  and  by  various  de- 

ftroying  SicknciTes,  -to  prepare  a  Place  of  Habitation"  for 

the  firft  Founders  of  thefe  englifli  Colonies  —  How  he 

fitted,  as  It  were,  whole  Nations,  to  plant  this  Land  with 

a  right  ^eed— How  he  ftirred  up  the  Spirits  of  Multitudes 

Cremote  and  unknown  to  one  another)    to  emigrate  from 

their  native  Country,  to  venture  on  a  tedious  and  difficult 

Voyage  acrofs  the  wide  Atlantic,  and  come  over  to  the 

uncultivated  Regions  of  America,  principally  with  a  View 

to  enjoy  unmolefted,  iheirReligion  and  Liberty,  and  tranf. 

mit  the  fame  to  their  Pofterity— How  he  raifed  up  Friends 

to  aflilt  and  animate  them   in  their  pious  and  heroic  En- 

terpnze  —    How  he  laid   remarkable  Reftraints    upon 

thole  who  were  Enemies  to  the  great  Errand,  on  which 

ourAncdtors  came  over  into  this  inhofpitable  Wildernefs  • 

and  ftruck  a  vifible  Terror  on  the  nun^rous  lawlefsSava' 

gcs  around  them,  who  quickly  envy'd  and  maligned  thefe 

new 


of  an  all- 
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your  Atten- 
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athers  have 
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various  de- 
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Land  with 
Multitudes 
igrate  from 
nd  difficult 
over  to  the 
vith  a  View 
,  and  tranf^ 
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A 


Itew  Guefts,  but  for  a  long  Time  dared  not  to  hurt  or  dif^ 

fift  them  —  How  "  they  got  not  the  Land  by  their  owrt 
word,  nor  did  their  own  Arm  fave  them"  — -  How  won- 
(Jerful  a  Care  the  Lord  their  God,  "  under  whofe  Wings 
^ey  came  to  truft,"  exercifed  over  them  in  their  Wilder- 

^fs-Siate ;  fcreening  them  from  Dangers,  relieving  them 
DiftrelTes,  fupplying  their  NecefTities,  fometimcs  very 
Unaccountably,  and  almoft  miraculoufly —  How  he  "  mul- 
iiply'd  both  Man  and  Beaft,"  and  provided  for  their  in- 
^eafingNumbers  —  How  he  "  prevented  his  People  with 
#ie  Bleffings  of  Goodnefs" ;  not  only  granting  them  great 
Peliverances,  but  great  pofitive  Good ;  in  the  Heahhinefs 
if  the  Climate ;  in  their  Strength  to  labour  ;  in  the 
produce  of  their  Fields  ;  in  the  Privileges,  Liberties,  and 
Benefits  they  enjoy'd,  both  of  a  civil  and  ecclefiaflical  Re- 
ference, by  Viriue"of  thofe  Royal  Charter-Grants  they  ob- 
tained ;  in  the  pious  Magiftracy  and  the  faithful  Miniftry 
they  were  favored  with  ;  in  the  College,  and  Schools, 
jjrivate  as  well  as  public  for  the  training  up  of  Youth,  which 
were  made  the  Prefervatives  and  Nurferies  of  ufeful  Know- 
ledge and  good  Manners,  and  which  were  long  a  lingular 
Ornament  and  Charafteriftic  of  New- England ;  —  in  the 
Comely  Order  and  Harmony  that  generally  fubfifled  here, 
in  Church  and  State,  and  in  the  Over-ruling  of  fuch  Diflen- 
fions  as  fomctimes  happen'd,  to  a  defirable  Iflue  ;  in  the 
ifiteftine  Peace  and  Tranquillity  enjoy'd  here  at  a  Time 
when  a  horrid  civil  War  raged  in  the  Mother- Country,  and 
the  Nation  were  all  in  Confufion  and  Tumult  among  them- 
felves  ;  —  in  the  notable  Viftories  obtained  over  the  Indi' 
an  Natives,  when  they  proceeded  to  commit  Hoftilities  a- 

fainft  the  Englifh  ;  and  in  the  Recovery  of  their  Charter- 
.iberties,  which  had  been  taken  away,  at  a  Time  of  ge- 
neral Shipwrack  of  Charters,  in  an  arbitrary  Reign  (as  be- 
fore hinted)  but  were  happily  rcftored,  when  thofe  who 
cnvy'd  them,  imagin'd  they  had  fallen  Viftims  to  their 
Malevolence,  beyond  all  Hope  of  Relief.  —  In  a  Word  it 
is  wonderful,  how  our  Fathers  were  enabled  to  go  through 
the  immenfe  Fatigues,  and  fupport  the  vaft  Expences  of 
planting,  cherifliing,  and  defending  thefe  New-England 
JSctilements,  and  that  with  little  Aififtance  ftom  Home,  and 


no  Charge  to  the  Crown.  —  In  thcfe  and  many  other  Rc- 
fpe£^s,  the  firftGencrations  of  this  People  experienced  very 
fignally  the  Care  of  an  indulgent  Providence.  •'  Have  I 
been  a  Wildernefs  unto  Ifraci  ?"  the  Lord  may  now  fay, 
as  to  his  People  of  old. 

And  *'  the  Goodncfs  of  God  endureth  continually'^ 
We  of  the  prcfent  Generation,  though  "rifen  up  in  our  Fa- 
thers Stead  an  Increafe  of  finful  Men'*,  yet  have  not  been 
forfakenof  ourFaihers  God  ;  but  he  is  ftill  in  fomeMea- 
fure  with  us,  as  he  was  with  them.  Though  he  has  not 
left  us  altogether  unpunilhed  for  our  growing  Degeneracies, 
which  fo  defile  and  expofe  the  Land,  yet  neither  has  he 
left  himfelf  without  a  Witncfs,  that  He  remembers  ilic 
Love  of  our  Efpoufals,  and  hath  flill  a  Kindnefs  far  the 
Pofterity  of  a  People  who  had  fuffered  for  Righieoufncfs 
Sake. —  We  enjoy  to  this  Day  the  great  Privileges  of  God's 
Word  and  Houfe  and  Day,  of  the  Miniflry  and  Church- 
Order  :  nor  are  without  thofe  fpiritual  BleiTmgs,  which 
fhew  that  God  s  Spirit  remaineth  among  us. —  We  flill 
enjoy  the  Benefits  of  Magiflracy,  good  Laws,  and  civil  Li- 
berties, hedg'd  about  with  our  Royal  Chariers.  —  We  (till 
enjoy  the  Advantage  of  Schools,  and  Means  of  education, 
truly  of  ineftimablc  Confequence.  —  Superadded  to  all, 
God  is  caufinghis  Goodnefs  to  pafs  before  us  in  a  Variety 
of  fecular  Enjoyments,  terrene  BlefHngs,  and  temporal  Sal- 
vations, which  are  io  many  Evidences  of  a  continuing  Pro- 
videntialCare  for  ourSafety&  Happinefs*  Surely, Salvati- 
on is  nigh  to  us ;  and  in  fome  dcfirable  Meafure,  Glory  fliil 
dwelleth  in  ourLand.  God  has  been  crowning  thefe  latter 
Years  with  his  Goodnefs,  in  very  remarkable  Liftances. 
WhatYears  of  general  Health  have  wc  feen,  in  our  Dwel- 
lings, in  our  Garrifons,  in  our  Armies,  in  our  Fleets,  with- 
out thofe  wafting  Sicknefles  that  might  have  brought  a  Cloud 
on  all  our  Affairs  1  —  What  Years  of  Plenty,  what  fruit- 
ful Seafons,  what  fuperabundant  Harvefls,  by  the  BlcfTing 
of  God  upon  our  extenfive  Plantations,  furniihing  us  for 
large  iLxportauon,  wiiuc  E.nuui^n  uus  \j^qh  ivi«.  i-'i  «  ge- 
nerous Home-Confuraption  !  —  What  a  remarkable  Pro- 
te£lion  on  our  Borders,  Ealt  and  WcH,  even  where  they 
^    ""  were 


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Were  wont  fomerlmes  to  get  their  Bread  with  the  Peril  of 
iheir  Lives!  What  unmolefted  Roads  1  What  untroubled 
Fields !  What  quietHabitations,almofl  as  fecure  asin  Days 
of  Peace!  (I  fpQ:ik  of  ihcleNort  hern  l-'rovinces  fifpecially  ; 
for  it  has  been  fad  lyotherwife  with  fome  of  the  S^w/)6f  r;?.) 
At  the  fame  Time,  what  a  Degree  of  Prote£lion  on  ouc 
Sea-Coalts,  oiirFifhery,  and  Navigation  !  [I  can't  but  no- 
tice here,  tho  out  of  Place,  how  that  formidable  naval  Ar- 
mament  from  France,  in  the  laft  War,  f^at  came  tovifitand 
annoy  thefe  Pcfrcs,was  by  the  Hand  of  God  in  Sickn-.-fs  and 
Storm  amazingly  dcitroyed ;  &  we  murvelloufly  delivered.- 
The  Defign  was,  Revenge  upon  New-England,  for  the 
ReduOion  of  C  apE'-Bu  e  t  on  by  our  Provincial  Forces.— 
Events  io  recent,  1  wonder  they  did  not  occur  to  my  Mind 
before  ;  and  To  great  and  intercfiing,  they  ought  never  to 
be  forgotten.]  Verily,  there  has  been  as  it  were  *'a  Wall 
of  Fire '  round  about  us. 

And  tho  in  the  Courfe  of  this  War,  God  has  fometimes 
hid  his  Face,  and  not  fcem'd  to  **  go  out  with  our  Armies", 
but  faw  fit  to  exercifc  and  try  us'greatly,  by  inaaive  and 
fruitlefs  Campaigns,  by  Repulfes,  by  Defeats,  by  Sliugh- 
ters,^  by  Capri vations,  by  Surrenders  of  our  Fortreites, 
&c.  infbmuch  that  many  began  to  dcfpair  of  Succeii,  and 
upon  a  (ignal  Occafion  not  very  long  (ince,  a  genera!  Pa- 
nick  run  thro  the  Country,  from  an  Apprehenfion  left  the 
Enemy  fliould  finally  prevail  againfl:  us,  notwithfianding 
our  boaded  Superiority  in  Numbers,  Skill  and  Valour:  ycc 
at  Length  we  have  had  our  Fears  difTipated  ;  and  no  Room 
left  for  that  old  Complaint,  ''The  Summer  is  ended,  and 
we  are  not  faved"  ! 

God  hath  in  his  own  Time  and  Way  (always  the  be1: 
and  wifeft)  returned,  and  vifitcd  his  People  ;  put  our  E- 
nemies  toConfufion,  and  brought  them  down  wonderfully. 
We  behold  them  this  Day  repel'd  from  all  their  perfidi- 
ous Encroachments,  and  his  ^r/V^wwVMajefty's  jufl  Rights 
recovered  and  fecured;  his  original  View  in  ihis^mertcan 
War.  _Not  only  fo,  but  beyond  our  moft  fanguine  Hopes 
at  the  Beginning, we  behold  his  Majefty's  viftonousTroops 
even  treading  upon  the  high  Places  of  the  Enemy ;  the 
Enemy  (^uite  fubdued;   and  driven  ouc  of  all  their  ftrong 


I 


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Holds 


Holds  ;  tlie'r  laft  Fortrers  now  dclivcrec!  up,    and  ttir.f 


wh 


ountry  lurrcndreil  toinei.iNo  or  Great  Bi.i,^.,^, 
in  the  Perfbn  of  his  General, -^ihc  Inirepid,  the  fcrenc,  the 
fuccefsful  Amherst  ;  thac great  Gencral.to whom L.u/j- 


and  who  now,by  compleating  thcRediiaion  of  allCAN  aeta. 
lias  had  the  Honour  to  crown  the  glorious  Aichieycmcms 
of  the  Britijh  Sword,  and  lo  fliut  up  the  Scenes  ot  War,in 
JS}ortb'J.nierica. 

In  vain  had  there  been  repeated  Attempts  before,    to 
cflea  what  is  now  fo  happily  accomplilV  ed.     Long  had  it 
been   the   common   Opinion   [Cai^t n ^G o  efl  deler^da) 
The  American  Carthage  muft  be  reduced,  Canada  mult 
be  cotfquer'd  :    or  we  could  hope  for  no  laQing  Quiet  m 
thefe  Parts..     Long  had  this  been  the  Objcft  of  our  At- 
tcntion,  and  the  Matter  of  our  Prayers  :    but  judg  d  an 
Event  rather  to  be  wilhed,  than  hoped  for.     let  now  at 
lenmh,  through  the  good  Hand  of  our  God  I'pon  "s,  we 
fee  the  happy  Day  of  its  AccompliQinient      We  hear  the 
tovful  News,  -  not  of  this  or  the  otlicr  Fortrefs  of  the 
*£ncmy  reduced,— not  of  this  or  the  other  T.^t^;2  furren- 
tired,  but  of  their  whole  Country  conquered,  conquered  by 
Britifi  Arms,  and  fubje^ed  \o Brit'tjh  Government. 

An  Acquifition  this,  of  vaft  Importance  to  the  Intereit 
and  Lifluencc  of  i?r;V^/w,  and  of  the  lad  Conleqiience  tc> 
the  Safety  and  Happinefs  of  thefe  its  Ci^/^«/.^/. —But  after 
live  ingenious  Pieces  already  in  your  Hands,   I  need  not 
olTbr  a  Word  upon  this  Argument.— It  feems,  under  Ood, 
-  the  future  Security  of  our  Privileges,  rehgious  and  civil, 
is  put  into  our  HaiuV',beyond  the  Reach  of  Envy  ;  and  wc 
now  have  none  to  make  us  afraid.  ~  And  if  wc  can  hnd  a 
Heart  for  fo  good  &great  an  Enterprize,a  favorable  Oppor- 
tunity now  prefents  for  propagating  o^xtReUgton  ^Liberty, 
duil  Government  and  Gofpel-Order,  among  our  nev^  lel-^ 
h-'^Sub'ec^s,  and  our  old  Allies,     And  if  by  the  BlelTing 
of  Gud/ihey  can  be  brought  to  taRe  the  Sweet  and  feel  the 
good  Effcas  of  thefe  ineftimable  Privileges,  'tis  one  happy 
CoBfequence  wc  may  hope  for,  at  lead,  That  it  will  con- 


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qncr  all  Remains  of  Enmity  between  us,  and  procure  a 
laltingFriendHiipfor  the  fiuurc.— Such  a  Conquefl  follow* 
ing  upon  This  which  wc  are  now  celebrating,  will  make  it 
doubly  glorious,  and  add  abundantly  to  the  Joy  we  have  on 
the  prcfcnt  "glorious  Occafion",  tho  truly  ^o  in  it  felf, 
and  perhaps  not  inferior  in  Glory  to  any  pf  the  Kind,  this 
Day  to  be  found  in  the  Britljh  Annals. 

I  congratulate  my  Country  upon  fo  illuftrious  an  Event, 
fo  fcliciunis  a  Conclufion  of  thefe  martial  Entcrprizcs,and 
up  >n  the  joyful  Profpc£ls  now  before  us. 

We  ioln  our  Thanks  with  thofc  of  the  General,  \  to  the 
brave  Taoors,  that  have  fought  our  Battles  for  us,  and 
been  othcrwiib  Inftrumental  in  doing  for  us  tboje  great 
Things,  ivhsreofive  are  glad, 

Wc  owe  our  Thanks  to  the  General  Imufelf,  who 
has  by  his  rcfpeaable  Prcfcnce  and  Example  been  the  very 
Soul  of  this  dccifive  Enicrprize,  and  in  his  Conduft  and 
Succefs  united  fiiincs  unrivald. 

We  owe  our  Thanks  to  that  great  Patriotic  M  i  n  i  s  t  E  r  , 
firtl  in  the  Direaion  of  thefe  Affairs,  for  his  unwearyM  At- 
tcntion  to  the  Intereft  of  theColonics.and  his  confummatc 
Care,  both  in  planning  thefe  Expeditions,  and  in  pomtmg 
out  the  proper  Officers  to  have  the  Command. 

Wc  owe  oMxThanks  to  theProviricialG  o  v  E  R  n  M  E  n  t  s , 
that  have  with  fo  much   Alacrity  and  Rcfolution  exerted 
themfelves  in  the  moft  zealous  Efforts  toaOift  and  promote 
his  Majclly's  Service,  on  thefe  Occafions. 

We  owe  our  Thanks  to  the  Britifli  Parliament,  for 
their  liberal  Grams,  in  Support  of  his  Majcrty's  wifeMea- 
rures,and  towards  refunding  theExpences  ot  iheColonies, 

E  2  who 


In    the  "  Jounuil  of  the  Piocecdings  of  the  Army   under  Gen, 
Amherst',  we  find  this  Article  among  the  Or</m,  dated   "Camp 
before  Montreal.  Sept.  9".  being  the  Day  after  the  .Vurrender-^ 
M  The  General  fees  with   infinite  PJe^fure  the   ^^ucceis,  that  has 
♦  '  crowned  the  indefatigable  Efforts  of  his  Majelly's  Troops,  and 
•'  faithful    Subjefts  in  America.  —  The  three  Armies  are  intituled 
•'  to  the  General's  T'/f'^w/J/ on  this  Occafion  ;  and  he  aflures^tjiem, 
«'  that  he  will  take  the  flrit  Opportunity  of  acquainclng  his  Ma/r/ty 
*'  with  the  Zealand  Bravery,  which  has  always  been  exerted  by 
••  the  Oflicers  and  Soldiers,  of  the  Re^(^ular  and  Vra-nincial  TiQO^, 
**  $n^  alfo  by  hi*  faithful  Indian  hWizu  -^— 


who  otherwife  miift  have  funk  under  an  immcnfc  Load  of 


Debt. 


M, 


he 


\h\c7  hanks  to 
snd  with  loyal  Hcarts.full  of  joyous  Gratitude,  ^^^''f' 
Kinq^  for  liisPaicrnalGoodncls  in  fending  (uch  cOcaualAids 
to  his  Jmerican  Subjcas,  in  our  didrdlcd  State,  when  wc 
fo  needed  the  Royal  Protcftion  ;  as  the  Enemy  werr  daily 
increafing  in  their  Advantages  againft  us,  and  ihrcatnmg  our 
Ruin  •  which  is  now  happily  prevented,  by  the  extraordi- 
nary Turn  of  Affairs,  upon  his  Majesty's  graaous  In- 

(erpofition.  .   ,         .     . 

But  Itill  our  Thanks  arc  not  to  centre  &  determine  here. 
No  ;  they  muft  rife  above  all  human  Agents,  and  alccnd 
to  the  fupremc  Efficient,  the  God  ot  Armies,  the  King  of 
Kings,  and  the  primary  Source  of  every  profpcrous  Event. 
*'The  Kace  is  not   to  the  Swift,    nor  the   battle  to   the 
Strong'' :  but  *'Viaory  is  of  the  Lord".    It  is  "  through 
God",  that  our  Forces  "have  done  valiantly".^    It  is  God, 
who  hath  "trodden  down  our  Enemies".     It  is  God,^  who 
hath  "given  us  Reft",   incircling  us  on  all  Sides.     To  the 
Majefty  of  Heaven  we  are  fupremely  indebted,    for  the 
glorious  Salvations  and  SuccclTcs  we  are  this  Day  rcjoyciiig 
in.     To  God  mod  High  therefore    our   humble  Thanks 
are  fupremely  owing  ;  as  indeed  the  Solemnity  of  this  Day 
implicitly  confeffeth. 

Now  then  that  "our  Heads  arc  lifted  up  above  ourEncr 
mies  round  about",  wc  fh.ould  raifc  our  wondringEyes Scour 
thankful  Hearts  up  to  God  in  the  Heavens;  "  otlcring  in 
his  Tabernacle  the  Sacrifices  of  Joy"  ;  with  joyful  Lips 
finging  Praifes  to  theLoRD,who  hath  done  for  us  all  thele 
q^reai Things,  whereof  we  are  glad  j  but  the  Accomphfli- 
luent  whereof  we  once  look'd  upon  as  hopelefs ;  and  for 
the  one  half  or  even  any  fmall  Part  whereof,  we  fhould 
have  been  very  thankful,  at  lead  very  glad,  fome  few 
Years  ago.  A  Reflexion  this,  which  may  well  exalt  our 
■[oy,  warm  our  Gratitude,  and  raife  every  pious  &  pleafing 
Arreciion  to  anuncoiuinuii  jLaciv^iii,  \vjisi-oii  ai;  v.i-.-.- — 

r  Thanks  to  the  LoB.D,who 


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Kmg  yebo/baphat  and   his  I'coplc's  uniting  their  joyful 
Thankfgivin^s  to  God,  on  an  OccaCion  fomething  (Imilar. 
The  Scripture-Story  {iChro.io,)  informs  us,  how  "on  the 
fourth  Day"  after  a  fignal  Conqued, the  King  and  his  Peo- 
ple on  the  Field  of  Aftion,  "adembled  thcmrclvcs,&  blejjed 
*'  the  LoKD.   Then  they  returned  every  Man, and7^/;5/&fl- 
"  phat  in  the  Fore-front  of  them, to  go  again  xoyerufalem 
*'  with  Joy :  for  the  Lord  had  made  them  to  rejoyce  over 
"  their  Enemies. — And  theFear  of  God  was  on  all  theKing- 
"  doms  of  thofc  Countries,  when  they  had  heard  that  the 
*'  Lor  d  had  fought  again/}  theEnemies  of  Ifrael.     So  the 
*'  Realm  of  Jehojbaphat  was  quiet :  for  his  God  gave  him 
*'  Reft  roufid  about.*'     The  Succefs  they  had,  and  their 
Joy  upon  it,  arc  afcribed  to  God,  as  equally  the  Author 
of  both.      Doubtlefs,  as  to  the  Royal  General,  and  ma- 
ny of  his  People,   it  was  that  Joy  which  is  the  Fruit  of 
the  Spirit,  —  a  religious   Exu  Itation,  a   "  Rejoycing  be  • 
fore  the  Lord",  and  "  triumphing  in  his  Praife",     They 
triumphed   and    rcjoyccd  over  their  Enemies  /    but  ftill 
in    a    Frame  and    Manner    becoming  fuch    as   faw  and 
owned  the  Hand  of  God  in  their  Succefs,  and  meant  to 
"  give  Glory  to  his  Name".    This  Scripture-Pattern  ferves 
tojuflify  the  prcfent  i''Vy?rt;fl/ /  and  recommends  to  our 
Pra6lice  the  folemn,  but  chearful  Duties,  we  are  now  called 
together  joy ntly  to  perform. 

Let  us  then  give  ourfelves,on  this  delightfulOccafion,  to 
fioly  Rejoycing,  Thankfgiving  and  Praife.  Let  us  "  con* 
ftder  how  greatThings  God  haih  done  for  us'*,  particularly 
refpe<fling  the  important  ConqueJ}^  whereof  we  are  glad. 
Let  us  rcalife  what  abundant  Reafon  we  have  to  admire  the 
Conduft  of  Divine  Providence,  relative  to  this  Affair,  view'd 
in  its  wholeState,  from  itsBeginning,  through  all  its  Progrefs, 
to  its  happyTcrmination.  We  fhould  takeNotice  of  Goo's 
Goodnefs,  in  putting  into  x\[tKing*s  Heart  fuch  an  earnefl 
Care  for  ourSecurity  and  Welfriir :  and  in  guiding  theCoun* 
fels  of  the  King's  Miniftry,  to  projeft  the  bell  Mcafures, 
and  ro  employ  the  ben:  Agents  in  executing  the  wife  Plan 
of  Operations.  In  Ihort,  every  Inflance  of  good  Conduft, 
gnc}  of  RefolutioD,apd  f  Qfti(ude,cvery  Inflance  of  Support 


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and  Suceefs  in  this  grand  Affair,  from  its  Commencement 
to  its  Conclufion.  ftould  be  taken  Notice  of,  as  the  Effcft 
of  a  propitious  Providence  fuper-intending&  prefidmg  in  ir. 
Every  advantageous  Circumdance,  every  fublervient  and 
auxiliary  Incident,  as  wellas  the  grand  and  fina  Event  ,s  to 
ob'ferved,  as  the  Fruit  of  Divine  Benignity.    All  tends  to 
heiahten  the  Glory  and  theMcrcy  of  the  Suceefs :  and  all 
confpires  to   demand   our  grateful  Acknowledgments  to 
"  the  Lord  of  Holh".  the  luprcme  Author  of  Viflory. 

We  arc  callcd.on  tliis  Occa(ion  tof.Bg  both  of  M?rf  y.and 
ofjudment;  to  fing  of  both  "to  thcLordour  God    ;  to 
celebrate  the  Wonders  of  Merry  to  us,  and  of  Judgment 
on  our  Enemies.  -  Yea,  his  judgments  on  ourfelvcs,  m 
the  ceneral  Cabmity  of  War.and  in  particular  Difartw.are 
not  to  be  forgottcn,cvcn  in  ourSongs  of  Praife.    As  mourn- 
ful and  ioyful  Events  are  mingled  in  Providence,  we  Ihould 
have  our  Reflexions  on  both,  in   the  Exercife  of  various 
PaflTions.  correfponding  to  eacli.      Antec.-cnt  humblwgj.- 
Vents  might  be  defign'd  inProvidence  to  prepare  a  juft  JUay 
to  future  Toys :  And  the  Evil  intcrrai.xcd  with  the  Good  we 
receive  at  the  Hand  of  the  Lorb,  may  well  ferve  to  cor- 
rea  and  qualify  thePleafure  his  Bcnehis  give  us.     It  will 
be  wife  in  us  to  to  temper  the  Joy  that  now  expands  our 
Bieafts,  by  proper  Reflexions  on  the  maurpicious  and  dark 
Appearances  preceding  our  UteSucceffes.&onthe  d.laftrous 
Events  attending  them.     One  Circumflance,  in  particular, 
fliouldnot  a  little  affcftus,  that  humanLife  has  (o  often  been 
facrificcd  (by  theSword.orDifeafe,  or  Accident)  in  ihePiir- 
fult  of  Fi'aory  ;  and  as^'iaory  is  apprehended  whav-e been 
/./?,in  one  memorableInftance,by  "the  Fa  1  of  theMighty,* 
fo  it  hath  in  ie^-crMn(iancc%hcea purchafid  at  theExpence 
of  fomeof  the  moft  precious  Blood,  in  <he  Fall  of  heroic 
Generals  +   and  other  gallant  Officers  and  Men.     Thcfc 
are  ftriking  Events,  at  the  Remembrance  of  which  wo  can 
fcarce  refrain  mingling  Tears  with  Our  Prefent  Joys.   But 
the  Sorrow  for  former  Loffes,  of  thisKind,wc  mu(^  balance 
with  thejoy  of  our  laft  Succeffes  being  obtained  without  any 


•  Th;  brave 


,„rd  Howe,  in  that  fraitlefc  Actemp.  at  W'"Jf^ 


+  Uen.  Wolfe,  and  Gen.  PRiDtAux 


Glory,  ifi  the  near  View 


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fuch  aggravated  LofTes,  and  with  an  uncommonly  fiiiall 
Eflufion  of  Blood.  —  However,  1  think,  no  ReHexions 
whatever  fhould  fupprefs  our  Joy  on  this  grand  Occafion, 
though  they  may  be  needful  to  red  rain  &  moderate  it. 

A  Tranfport  of  Mind,  on  the  News  of  a  Conqueft  and 
Acquilition,  fo  big  with  Salvation  and  Blefllng  to  one's 
Country  as  this  we  are  now  rejoycing  in,  is  fcarce  avoida- 
ble, and  is  certainly  allowable.  And  the  more  nearly  we 
are  intercfted  in  the  Succefs,  n.nurally  the  more  elevated 
will  the  Pleafure  be.  In  this  Refpc61:,  though  the  Profpe- 
rity  of  the  Pnijjmn,  Hanoveria?j,:indjBrJti/i\nr\$in  Ger- 
many at  this  Day  isjufl:  Matter  of  Joy  and  Praife;  yet  it 
is  reafonably  to  be  expe(^ed,  that  Vi£^ory  nearer  Homeland 
more  immediately  afTc£ting  our  fclves,  fhould  flrike  our 
Minds  with  a  fngular  Force,  and  that  fo  great  8c  important 
a  Conquefl  as  that  which  occafions  this  Day's  Solemnity, 
fliould  open  all  the  Springs  of  pleafing  PalTions,  and  fweli 
the  Tide  of  Joy  beyond  its  common  Bounds. 

Ncverthelefs,  let  it  not  be  meerly  a  rejoycing  over  our  E- 
nemies, nor  only  rejoycing  in  our  ownProfperity.  But  let  the 
Joy  be  fublimated,  fpiritualized,  and  carried  up  to  its  proper 
ultimateObje£b,  "theCaptam  of  ourSalvation,"  the  Giver  of 
Vi<5lory. — By  all  Means  let  us  fee  tdit,  that  our  rejoycing 
on  the  pt'cfent  Occafion  be  duly  regulated — Not  the  meer 
Mirth  of  Brutes,  centring  in  animal  Pleafures  —  Not  the 
Mirth  of  Fools,  conduced  as  if  we  had  no  Fear  of  God 
before  our  Eyes,and  expreflcdonly  in  Laughter  &  Levity, 
in  lawlefs  Feafiing  and  Frolicking — Nor  yet  only  the  more 
fober  and  temperate  (but  almoft  as  carnal)  Joy  of  Hypo*- 
f rites,  who  honour  God  with  joyful  Lips,while  yet  in  their 
Hearts  and  Lives  they  diflionour  Him  ;  being  in  truth 
''evil  and  unthankful", — >  Nor  let  it  be  a  proud  and  felf- 
boaftingjoy,  as  if  "our  ownArm  had  faved  us",  or  our  own 
AVortlji;ti^B  liad'^COCuf€jtii3.thc'Sri«5tory.  "Neither  glory 
ye !i.iT?rIerj/;:-iT-*''AU:fiK?h- Rejoycing  is  evil."—"  But  he 
that  clorieth/ Jet  bitt-udory:ln'.iii*(;3IvORD." 

Ler  o?ai^.R4J6ycing.t^  Jrfanry;Tacional,  fplritual,  devotio- 
nal, and  ''ajfter  a  godly  Sort",  in  all  itsExercifes&Expref- 
ilons. — LettheJoy  of  ourHeartstranfpirc  thro"'  ourLips  in 
the  moft  gratefulAcknowiedgments  8i  Praifes  loGod,  in  the 


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Name  of  Jef us  Chrift.     Thus  will  our  Joy  be  confecratecf, 
and  turned  into  a  Sacrifice  ;  a  <■  rpirUualbacnfice.  accep- 
table to  God  by  Jefus  Chrift".     And  the  facred  Pleafure 
will  be  Gradually  increafed  by  daily  renewed  Thank^iv- 
Wsandlraifeslonly,  at  the  fame  Time  "  let  ourC.«- 
vcrfathn  be  asbecometh  the  Gofpel",  that  by  our  obed.ent 
ITves.  as  well  as  joyful  and  thankful  Lips,  we  may  teft.fy 
ourDelight  inCoa,  and  prove  theSincerity  of  ourGratitude 
to  Him     Surely  the  Call  of  Heaven  to  us  at  ih.s  Day  is  m 
fuch  Language  asthat  {iSam.i2.i4-)'-Ontyfi^rthcZord, 
andfervhil  in  Truth  :  for  conftder  horv  great  Thmgs 
Tlath  do.c  for  you.    Or,  that  (Pfal.  a    ...)  Serveihe 
Lord  with  Fear,  and  rejoyce  zo.th  Tremblmg.     A.  God 
has  been  doing  greatThings  for  us,  furely  he  expeft  great 
Thing!%m  «s/m  a  way  Sf  praftical  Returns.     And  be  .t 
remembred,  He  that  has  done  grealThings/^r  us,  thefame 
onaL  do'great  Th\.gs  againji  us.  .  ^e  fce,h.  alm,^>^ 
Hand  can  bring  about  great  Changes  m  a  little  ^me.   And 
when  we  refleft  on  the  Mutability  of  human  Affairs  toge- 
ther with  our  Unworthinefs  of  Divine  Favours,  and  our 
Defert  of  Tudements,  it  becomes  us  to  <  'rejoyce  with  1  rem- 

Enemies  to  rejoyce  over  us :  and  be  may  do  it  flill.  What 
«n  weexy,  but  the  Tokens  of  his  Difpleafure,  jn  this 
or  fo^e  other  tremendousWay,  unlefs  hisGoodnefs  efTcftu.. 
ally  leadeth  us  to  Repentance  ! 

TTo  our  Praifes  therefore  let  us  Mom  Prayers,  hat 
Profoeritv  may  be  fanaify'd  to  us,  and  made  a  prevailing 
ArXmwithus,  from  a'senfe  of  Ingenuity  &  Gratitude. 
foC  thiLo.;  wiih  Gladnefs.  Let  us  V'-f.^^^l 
Spirit  may  be  poured  from  on  high,  to  rcftorc  Rel.gimi  lo  a 
KeLs  and\iaorious  State.  Let  us  implore  a  Divine 
ttson  theKing-sCounfelsand  Efforts.for  a  fafeand  ad- 

vaSemuPeace.^  Buo«biye:aUa4^^ 
Fra^f  t^at  the  KingdoAof  tlVe-SbboPGoaimiyiQuff.an- 
ced^-    h    theConc,ul(ii-o6&i5?o^*?r&Gran.9yfrt^ 
of  Men  may  fpread  thfoogh  thoWofHl.-,  th,t.tlt^r,c.m.y  be 
°N„.!Jr'L';n,liehiehcft.  Peace  on  Earth,  ai>d  Good- 
towards  Men. 


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